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Corps members in the country have confirmed receiving the new Federal Government allowance of N33,000. Before now, the monthly allowance was N19,800.
Recall that following the approval of the new minimum wage of N30,000, the government announced that members of the NYSC would start getting N33,000 as monthly allowance in line with the consequential adjustments across federal government establishments.
Many corps members took to social media to express joy as they received credit alerts of N33,000. The hashtag #NYSCAlert is now trending.
However, while many corps members are in a jubilation, others are sad. Here’s why?
Those who have more NYSC period to enjoy the new alawee also ‘painted Twitter red’