The NYSC DG has said there would be no arrears for Corps Members, because they are not Civil Servants but on National Service.
Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said the budget allocated for the scheme by the Federal Government made it impossible to pay minimum wage arrears to Corps members.
However, Brig. General Shuaibu, commended the Federal Government on the recent increase of Corps Members’ allowance.
NYSC allowance was captured in the 2020 budget of the Scheme, payable with effect from January this year, which therefore precludes the payment of arrears.
“Corps Members are NOT Civil Servants, they are on National Service and the commencement date for the payment of the increment of their allowance is January 2020 which the Federal Government has started“, he concluded.
However, the DG warned Prospective Corps Members with fake credentials to stay off its Orientation Camps across the country.
He added that anyone caught, especially graduates from the universities in West African sub-region with the intent to undermine the integrity of its mobilisation process with fake certificates would be arrested and prosecuted.
The Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim gave this warning in his office in Abuja.
He said that the NYSC Scheme had put necessary mechanism in place to curb the enrolment of fake graduates for the Orientation course, and would continue working diligently in that direction.
The DG noted that the Scheme had made tremendous achievements in the fight against unqualified graduates who try to infiltrate the Scheme.
Ibrahim added that during the 2019 Batch ‘C’ online registration, over twenty thousand foreign – trained Nigerians uploaded their results online, however, during the physical verification exercise, just 3,420 showed up. This out come is because they have been forewarned that anyone caught with fake certificate would be prosecuted.
If you have reasons that you think Corps members should be paid minimum wage arrears, use the comment section below.
Well, DG please i beg of you arrears should be paid to corpers,,, we corpers are parliamilitary,in as much as we are entitled to the arrears, Daddy His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari i know you are a kind and honest man, please listen to your children we beg of you Sir.
Truth is, if corps Members are not included in the arrears, why pay them minimum wages? You people would have probably skipped them from the minimum wage since they’re not affected. This is a foolish reasoning.
This is high level of corruption,
Nigerians always get robbed and no one to atone for them, this money was paid and one person is sitting on it, soon their children will be spending it lavishly, the DG and some top officials knows what I’m talking about
It is very wrong for Nysc not to pay corps members arrears, yes we agree to the fact that we are serving our father’s Land,then if the military and other forces in Nigeria should receive arrears then corps members should receive arrears too because we are all serving our country,by the way Nysc is paramilitary. So please pay corps members their arrears.
If civil servants should be given arrears because the are working for government, then who are the corp members working for? Is it not the same government? Well, if the don’t want to pay the arrears the should just tell the corp members that a lizard or an elephant swallow the money, because it’s a normal thing in this country. But not that the are not civil servants.
I just think the older generation in power or places of authority are just being too selfish to us the youths, so since we don’t have any organised union to fight for our right, we are then bound to this injustice. But I don’t blame them, i blame the so-called nysc body who are practically failing in their duties has a liaison with the government and corpers. Well since it has nothing to do with their salaries who cares? But I just want to urge Nigeria to at least do things with a little consistency such that the world do not laugh at us…✌
During d goodluck regime d minimum wages also increased den they payed d same arrears to the corpers at service why ur own administration changed u r nt fighting corruption DG find solution to it
Constutionaly, the fedaral government, must pay corp members their arrears, why because the budget start raising seen 2019. Under the implimantation of president good lock. And also we are still on services at the period
The corps members are entitled to pay arrears since it was happening in Dr good luck administration when the minimum wages implimented the arrears been paid to corps members.
I can’t see reason why corps members should not be paid arrears. President Johnathan lead administration paid arrears when minimum wage was increased, besides, this will be a little form of empowerment to corps members that are entitled fo the arrears. If this is paid, I’m sure, the benefactors will be established with zero dependency on government job.
I was to register for NYSC since 2018 but I deliberately refused just to wait for implementation of minimum wage, that made me not to even follow 2019 batch A. Now u are telling me that I have tied or delayed my destiny?
Please DG, act like a learned person, know your rights and stand for Nigerian youths entrusted in your hand.
It’s not possible to compared Jonathan Administration with Buhari is like comparing Necessity with Luxurious ends will justify the means
Please no body should eat our money because i know president Mohammadu is a good man, he will release it according to costitution.
God is watching the leaders of this country for corruption n evildoers,they must pay that money because Good luck paid corps members arrears during his tenure so why this regime is different?
Mr President creating inequality is also corruption, some are finishing service while some are starting how to Ballance is by paying arreas, we are not civil servant yes but one day we are or what do you think if a Corp member one day become a president and refused to pay salary like yahaya Bello, please buhari your are man of integrity please pay us we are begging please, I have a Debt of eighty thousand, I want to use arreas and pay thanks Mr President
Please sir, as earlier said by my fellow Corp member, as promised by the federal government, please let’s our arrears be paid because it is another source of erradicating poverty among the Nigeria youth and creating room for another ways establishing ourselves life after service.
That means the allowance shouldn’t have been increased in The first place,The previous adminstration paid the arrears of corp members when minimum wage was increased while will this adminstration fail do same thing.its seems D.G doesn’t have insight knowledge of his office or his been influce….
It is constitutional to pay corps member arrears. Jonathan lead administration paid it. Why will Buhari adminisration refused to pay
Pls corps member should be paid their arears after all it was implimented when they were in camp so why won’t they be given their arears….doing the right thing is better than doing the wrong thing…tnks
Its highly critical…
The passing into law of the minimum wage happened 2019, if the Nigeria law has a solid ground, the implementation should not have take this long, because it was promised to different people and enjoyed by different people.
The federal government has stated that they will pay Yh areas allocated to corp members, i believe they should endevour to follow through with their promise.