The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has said
\nserving corps members of the National Youth Service Corps will enjoy
\nincreased allowance as a result of the N30, 000 minimum wage from next
\nyear.<\/p>\n
The minister said that increase in the allowances earned by corps
\nmembers have been captured in the 2020 budget recently passed by the
\nNational Assembly.<\/p>\n
Dare spoke during a visit to the orientation camp of the NYSC in
\nIyana-Ipaja, Lagos state.<\/p>\n
In a statement by his media office in Abuja on Wednesday, Dare assured
\nthe corps members that the increase will be effected once it is signed
\ninto law.<\/p>\n
Dare said the over 350, 000 youth that pass through the NYSC yearly are
\nessential to the success of any change agenda for the present and future
\ngenerations.<\/p>\n
“I have always advocated that Nigeria must invest in the Youth. We at
\nthe Ministry are refocusing the development of our youth in terms of
\nprogramming.<\/p>\n
The Ministry has developed a programme called DY.NG. We want it to be a
\ntwo month program that you would run during your service, after which
\nyou will have some level of certification. It will give you that added
\nadvantage beyond your degree,” Dare was quoted to have said in the
\nstatement.<\/p>\n
He said the template is being set up in partnership with the NYSC
\nDirectorate and some of the digital skills to be learnt include data
\nprocessing, cloud computing, app development.<\/p>\n
The Minister also announced that he had enlisted all corps members
\nacross the country as Anti-Corruption Ambassadors to “spread the word,
\ncreate awareness and make sure corruption does not thrive.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Director-General of the NYSC, Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim,
\nhas re-stated the zero tolerance of the scheme against mobilising
\nunqualified graduates for National Service.<\/p>\n
He said the NYSC scheme would not relent in its efforts towards
\nsanitising the mobilisation process as the NYSC Act does not allow the
\nscheme to mobilise unqualified graduates to participate in the service
\ncorps.<\/p>\n
The DG stated this while addressing Commanding Officers at the HQ 3
\nDivision, Nigerian Army in Jos, Plateau State.<\/p>\n
In a statement by the Director, Press and Public Relations of the NYSC,
\nAdenike Adeyemi, Ibrahim lamented the influx of unqualified graduates
\nfrom some universities in West African countries.<\/p>\n
The DG solicited support from every stakeholder to end the “abnormally.”<\/p>\n
He commended the Army for its support through security, accommodation
\nand welfare for serving corps members at all times.<\/p>\n
“Under my leadership, the Scheme would not mobilise any fake graduate.
\nNYSC would team up with the National Universities Commission, Joint
\nAdmissions and Matriculation Board, Federal Ministry of Education,
\nFederal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other relevant agencies in the
\ncountry to fight the battle.<\/p>\n
“We would continue to prosecute any fake Corps Member that is caught
\nduring registration in any of our Orientation Camps,” the DG said in the
\nstatement.<\/p>\n
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has said serving corps members of the National Youth Service Corps will enjoy increased allowance as a result of the N30,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"\n