NYSC Members Angry Over Incomplete Payment Of Election Allowance

In the recently conducted 2015 election which National Youth Corp Service (NYSC)
Were promised to be paid allowance for their job after the election but now the reverse is the case.

With barely a week after the commencement of the successful 2015 Nigeria’s general election, some serving Corps members of the National Youth Corp Service (NYSC) scheme have basked in the ambiance of resentment,
demanding the payment of the remaining 50% of their allowances for the roles they played during the polls.

Majority of the Corps member who
conducted the elections in Benue State
have yet to be paid 50% of their
allowance.

It would be recalled; the Director
General of the National Youth Service
Corps, NYSC, Brigadier Gen. Olawumi
Johnson expressed concerns on the
delay of payment of Corps members’
INEC elections duty allowance.
He further requested through the
scheme’s official twitter account, @
NYSC_NG, that all corps members who
participated in the elections should
exercise patience, as everyone will be
paid.

A breakdown of the approved allowance
for corps members participating in each
of the elections:
1. Honorarium – ₦9,000 per election
2. Transportation -₦3,000 per election
3. Feeding allowance -₦1,000 per election

In literal expression, each corps
member should be paid a total sum of
₦26, 000 for both elections – ₦13, 000
a piece – But as it is now, most of the
Corp members in Benue have only been
paid ₦13, 000.

The colossal question is when will the remaining PAY DAY be?
Meanwhile, some ex-corps members,
who worked as assistant polling officers
in Kwara State have lamented the non-
payment of their allowances by the
State’s Independent National Electoral
Commission, urging it to pay without
further delay.

Corps members also staged a peaceful
protest in Calabar demanding the
payment of their allowances for the
functions they carried out during the
March 28th Presidential and National
Assembly elections in Cross River State.
The Nigerian Government in
conjunction with the INEC should
review reasons to the delay of payment
of the meagre allowance so as to quell
the already boiling tempers of the Not-
pleased Corp members.

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