By Miriam Humbe
The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has assured Corps Members that the payment of their new monthly allowance of Seventy-Seven Thousand Naira would soon commence.
The DG said this on Tuesday in Abuja when he commissioned a 32-seater bus donated by Capital Express Insurance Company.
Caroline Embu, the NYSC’s Acting Director, Information and Public Relations disclosed this in a statement signed to the media.
The Director General said the bus would ease the transportation challenges being experienced by Corps Members and some NYSC Staff within the FCT.
Brigadier General Ahmed who said his administration placed high priority on Corps welfare, added that arrangements for the payment of new Corps allowance had been concluded.
The Director General expressed appreciation to the Management of Capital Express Insurance for the kind gesture.
The Chief Executive Officer of Capital Express Insurance Company, Mr Matthew Ogwezhi said NYSC and his company had been in partnership for a while, and the donation was one of the benefits of the synergy as a support for the Scheme.
He promised that Capital Express Insurance would also consider other possible areas of assistance to the Scheme in year 2025.
