“Raye Not Reason for NYSC’s New N77k Allowance”: Daniel Regha Knocks Nigerians Lauding FG

• The NYSC's new N77,000 allowance has been trending online hours after serving corps members confirmed the payments across the country
• Some social media users have been attributing the payment to viral corps member Raye, who went viral for lamenting the economic hardship in the country
• Social media critic Daniel Regha has, however, stirred reactions with his take on the NYSC members' new allowance
• In a chat with Legit.ng, a serving Lagos corps member shared his take on the new NYSC N77k allowance

The Nigerian online space has been agog following confirmation that the federal government has commenced the payment of the N77,000 new monthly allowance to members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), with the likes of Daniel Regha sharing his opinion.

Recall that the director general of the NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, had disclosed that the new monthly allowance will be implemented from March 2025.

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The minister of youth development, Ayodele Olawande, also assured that the backlog of the new monthly allowance will be paid to NYSC members.

Following the confirmation of payment, some Nigerians on social media have been attributing the new allowance to viral NYSC member Raye, who called Tinubu the most terrible president while lamenting the current economic hardship in the country.

In September 2024, the federal government announced a new allowance for NYSC members, popularly called corpers, much to the excitement of the participants of the youth scheme.

Daniel Regha reacts to NYSC's new allowance

Social media critic Daniel Regha, who is popular on X, formerly Twitter, for being vocal, stated that Raye's lamentation was not the reason for the new allowance.

Regha pointed out that talks about the new allowance had been ongoing before her viral video.

The critic also knocked Nigerians applauding the government, pointing out how it had failed to fulfil its promise for months.

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"Raye isn't the reason why the govt started paying NYSC "77k", her outburst raised debates but this has been an ongoing conversation for long; And again, the govt shouldn't be getting any applause for this, not after failing to do what they promised months ago. We don't see such delays when it comes to 'em politicians," Daniel Regha wrote.

See his tweet below:

Reactions trail Daniel Regha's tweet

Several netizens disagreed with the critic, while others threw their weight behind him. Read some of the comments below:

chicmetax said:

"Even 77k isn’t even enough."

Palermo_seun reacted:

"Thank you for reminding us. Mr. Sowore and others are trying to take credit for the increase in the NYSC allowance, even though everyone knows that the president had already approved it before their so-called "ranting."

dorcasalao9 said:

"So why fulfill the promise after her outburst."

yeatybabe reacted:

"At least still applaud so they can do more."

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Omotoyobola reacted:

"The 77k matter no be today. They’ve been on it since I started service till I finished."

activistfemi said:

"If any 77k is being paid, it’s because of her protest. Accept it. You won’t die."

johnnyyz123 reacted:

"Dan, I beg to differ. They approval of the allowee is to try to reduce (if not silent) the ongoing rant caused by Raye. They could have decided to do it next three months and nobody would cough. But why now after she came out? It's not coincidence.."

I am happy with the new allowance - NYSC member speaks

According to David, a serving corps member in Lagos, while things are still generally costly, he is happy with the new addition to the NYSC allowance.

"It's tough to say the 77k has improved the situation compared to the 33k. Because things are now costly in the country, but at the same time, I feel happy because it also adds up and helps to do a few extra things, but it’s all relative to what the money is being used for," he said.

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NYSC member dances after getting new allowance

Meanwhile, Legit.ng recalls reporting a video showing a NYSC member dancing after receiving the new allowance.

In the video posted by @_justhemzy, other colleagues in the office joined her in rejoicing and were eager to see her account balance.

"Make una donate 10k for Raye," a netizen said.

Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng