The Federal government on Monday assured that the outgoing National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members will receive the backlog of the new N77,000 monthly allowance, which is expected to be paid by the end of March.
The Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, disclosed this while featuring on Channels TV’s interview as monitored by Roving Reporters.
Answering questions, Olawande assured the corps members that the backlog would be settled in due course.
“Some people say I always mention it’s a process, and it is seriously a process. It was not in the budget when the president announced it. Some agencies and parastatals need to have their salaries included in the budget before anything can be done or paid out.
“Anybody can’t approve anything. You must have a budgetary allocation for it. So the budgetary allocation has been done now. They are done with the process. It has been approved and signed. Now, they can start taking it,” Olawande said.
“You saw the new DG when they asked him, what about those who are going out now? Are they going to receive their backlogs?” Olawande quoted the new NYSC Director-General’s assurances.
Olawande said, ‘We have your account details. We will put it (the allowance) through.’ You may not like to hear this, but I can tell you, the payment will happen at the end of this month. The backlog will be worked on. It will not be immediate, but it will happen. We will pay them.”
