Jubilation as Nigerian Governor Gifts Corps Members N200,000 Each
- Corps Members under the Batch B Stream one serving in Niger state have been promised the sum of N200,000 as bonuses
- Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago also gave the corps members 20 cows and a trailer load of rice
- Bago promised automatic employment to corps members in the medical field upon the completion of their service
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Niger state, Paiko - Niger state governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has announced the gift of N200,000 bonuses to all the Corps Members under Batch B Stream one posted to the state.
Bago said the bonus is to make the corps members stay in the state comfortable.
Source: Twitter
The governor also gave the Nation Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members 20 cows and a trailer load of rice.
He stated this during the opening of the 2024 NYSC Orientation Course for Batch B, Stream One at the NYSC Temporary Camp in Paiko.
The statement of the governor was made available via the state government X handle (formerly known as Twitter) @NigerStateNG
Bago also promised to give automatic employment to corps members in the medical field upon the completion of their service.
He further disclosed that the state government will commit N5 billion for the construction of the NYSC State Permanent Orientation Camp.
According to the governor, the NYSC Permanent Camp would be a more befitting accommodation for Corps Members during their Orientation period.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governor said in the interim, his administration will build more toilets, and provide five boreholes at the NYSC Camp.
Special Adviser on Digital Communications to Governor Bago, Abdullberqy Usman Ebbo, shared a video of the N200,000 bonus to corps members in Niger state via his X handle, @Nupenchi_
Tinubu’s govt to empower 5000 NYSC members with N10m each
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that no fewer than 5,000 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will be empowered with N10 million each.
The minister of youth development, Dr Jamila Ibrahim, disclosed this in Abuja on Monday, May 13.
Ibrahim explained that the empowerment programme is to fund NYSC members' entrepreneurial ventures after the completion of their service.
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