Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps has gave assurances that corps members who recently exited the scheme after the completion of their service year will be benefit from the N77,000 monthly allowance recently approved by the Federal Government.
The Director general made this known at the Batch A 2025 Pre-Mobilisation Workshop for heads of corps-producing institutions and key stakeholders in Abuja on Thursday.
Addressing journalists at the event, Nafiu said the government remained committed to its financial obligations to corps members.
“The government is quite conscious of its promise and within the budgetary provision, the government is going to handle that,” Nafiu said.
“Once funds are released to us to offset the arrears, we will pay them. Even our corps members who passed out recently will benefit. Once we receive cash backing for the arrears, we are going to credit them; we have their bank details. Nigerians should not fret about that because the government is both responsible and responsive to their needs”, he added.
In another vein, Mohammed Abubakar, the Director of Corps Mobilisation addressed concern about the standard of the process of mobilization, citing instances where tertiary institutions had uploaded names of unqualified individuals for service.
“We have made remarkable progress in recent years, greatly reducing challenges, thanks to innovative approaches and better collaboration. However, we still face serious issues, particularly concerning the fraudulent uploading of unqualified graduates, which we must address,” Abubakar said.
“As we prepare for another batch of NYSC mobilisation, we must confront the pressing issues affecting our corps members. This process is vital for our nation’s growth, but it is fraught with challenges, especially the ongoing problem of dishonest enrollments. We must therefore stay alert and be proactive”, he added.