The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has said that the new minimum wage of N30,000 would be paid to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members.
Dare disclosed this new development on Wednesday via a tweet.
It could be recalled that the corps members are currently receiving N18,500 as monthly allowance for the service to the nation.
He however, noted that the Director General of the NYSC, Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, would provide details of the new allowance to corps members after meeting with the minstry of finance and ministry of Youth and Sport Development.
He tweet reads “New Minimum Wage: NYSC members to enjoy new minimum wage/ allowee.
“Next week the DG NYSC will provide details of the new allowee for the Youth Corp members after full briefing from the Ministries of Finance And MYSD.”
It was however, gathered that the Federal Executive Council FEC has approved the payment of the new minimum wage and ordered the settlement of the salary adjustment before 31 December, 2019.
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