Members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, will now receive N30, 000 as their new allowance.
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, disclosed this on Wednesday in a tweet at his personal handle @SundayDareSD.
The development followed final agreement being reached by the Federal Government and Labour leaders on modalities for paying the new national minimum wage.
Recall that the new minimum wage was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari in April 2019.
Mr. Dare’s tweet read: “Minimum Wage: NYSC members to enjoy new minimum wage/ allowee Details coming …
“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.”
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so on Wednesday, the Federal Executive Council, FEC, ordered that payments of the new minimum wage and the consequential adjustments must be completed by December 31, 2019.
Labour and Employment Minister, Dr. Chris Ngige, who made this known while briefing State House correspondents after the Council meeting held at the Presidential Villa, said a template will be sent to the states to guide possible negotiation and implementation.
Ngige said that the Council also approved the payment of all outstanding financial implications of the consequential adjustments as worked out by the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission, beginning from April 18 when the new minimum wage came into effect.
