Governor Yahaya Bello, the executive governor of Kogi State, has approved a 100% increase in the allowance of National Youth Service Corps members sent to Kogi State for their mandated one-year service.
This is stated in a statement published on Tuesday in Lokoja and made accessible to journalists by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Mohammed.
The governor was stated to have approved the increase in light of present economic realities as well as the overall value of the NYSC scheme to national and state development.
Speaking on Tuesday at the NYSC 2023 Batch ‘B’ Stream 2 closing ceremony at the State’s Orientation Camp, Asanya, in Kogi State’s Kabba Bunu Local Government Area, the Governor also announced a N37.7 million grant for logistics support for Youth Corps members as they move to their place of primary assignments, and he urged private sector employers to prioritise their wellbeing.
He charged the Corps members with good behaviour and encouraged them to embrace the idea of ‘One Nigeria’ and respect all citizens as fellow Nigerians, regardless of ethnic or religious differences.
The state’s NYSC Coordinator, Pastor (Mrs.) Adebimpe Williams, and the Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Hon. Idris Musa, commended Governor Yahaya Bello for his administration’s longstanding support for the programme.
She also charged the Corps members to prioritize their assignments at their places of primary assignment, emphasizing that absenteeism remained a serious violation that the scheme sternly warns against.
