- Benue State Government has increased the new monthly allowance of corps members serving in the state
- Governor Hyacinth Alia announced the new allowance of N15,000 for corps members and N100,000 for medical doctors
- The new allowance is an improvement from the N10,000 previous administration in the state where paying serving corps members
Wannune – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has announced a new monthly allowance for serving members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and medical doctors in the state.
Governor Alia announces N15,000 allowance for corps members and N100,000 for doctors serving in Benue
Alia said corps members will receive N15,000 while medical doctors are to receive N100,000 each as their monthly allowance, Vanguard reported
The governor stated this on Tuesday, August 1, during the closing ceremony of the 2023 Batch B Stream one Orientation course, at the NYSC Orientation Camp Wannune, Tarka Local Government Area, LGA
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He said:
“Each corps member posted to the state irrespective of their places of primary assignment will be paid N15,000 monthly by the state government, while the Medical Doctors will be paid N100,000 each.”
It was gathered that before now all categories of corps members were paid N10,000 monthly by successive governments in the state.
Alia expressed hope that the improved allowances would boost the morale of the corps members.
The governor urged the corps members to take advantage of every opportunity that presents itself to impact humanity and improve themselves by so doing contribute their quota to the service of the nation.
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Source: Legit.ng