Mr Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development on
Wednesday said that members of the National Youth Service Corps would
enjoy the new minimum wage of N30,000.
He said this via his official Twitter handle.
Dare said that the NYSC Director General, Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim would
provide details of the new allowance after he has been briefed by the
Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Youth and Social Development.
He tweeted, “New 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.”
The Federal Government had on April 18, 2019 agreed to pay N30,000 as
the new minimum wage and on Friday, FG and organised labour agreed on
the consequential adjustment, which had been a point of discussion for
months.
On Wednesday, the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo issued a deadline for the payment of
arrears on the minimum wage.