Members of the National Youth Service Corps will not receive the new minimum wage, the management of the Scheme has said.
The clarification comes on the heels of the reports that the accounts of university graduates serving their country, have been upgraded to accommodate the N70,000 new minimum wage recently approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Recall that the president signed a bill passed by the National Assembly, to increase the minimum wage of Nigerians workers to N70,000 from N30,000.
Soon after President Tinubu signed the law, there were suggestions that NYSC members will also received the new wage.
But the management of the Corps while refuting the claim in a statement signed by Eddy Megwa its Director, Information and Pubic relations on Saturday, disclosed that it has not received official communication to that effect from the federal government, describing the report as misleading an should be ignored by the public.
The Scheme urged “corps members to desist from allowing mischief makers who are set to mislead Nigerians from continuing to play on their intelligence,” saying appropriate information will be communicated if the federal government decides to change the wage of NYSC members.
Part of the statement said: “The attention of National Youth Service Corps management has been drawn to misleading information circulating in the media regarding payment of N70,000 minimum wage to corps members and the directive to upgrade their accounts. This is an absolute falsehood which is far from the truth.
“Corps members, parents and members of the public should note that no directive has been received from the relevant sector of government responsible for wages matters.
“It is, therefore, impossible for the NYSC to issue any information on such. Corps members already know the approved channel and mode of communication in the scheme and should therefore ignore the directive accordingly.
“The NYSC, by this release therefore admonishes corps members to desist from allowing mischief makers who are set to mislead Nigerians from continuing to play on their intelligence.
“Bloggers and social media influencers are warned to stop issuing statements that concern the management of National Youth Service Corps without authorisation.”
Meanwhile, some state government already disclosed that they will not be able to pay the new wage.
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When I point out to editors that they used the term “pubic” instead of “public,”’as you did, nobody ever says, “Oops! Thanks for letting is know!”
They really should.