The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has officially begun the payment of arrears from July 2024, when the new N77,000 allowance (also known as allawee) tied to the N70,000 minimum wage (plus 10%) was approved by the Federal Government.
The arrears will be extended till March 2025, when actual payments of the N77K allawee officially began. This means corps members within this purview will receive the N44,000 arrears.
According to the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, the payment is ongoing as it is being disbursed in batches, promising that all ex-corps members from the time the minimum wage became effective would be credited.
In January 2025, the NYSC DG promised that the new minimum wage was ready, but corps members disclosed at the time that they were receiving the old allowance. The new minimum wage is to ensure that the government’s promise aligns with corps members’ stipends.
Speaking at the Batch A 2025 Pre-Mobilisation Workshop in Abuja, Nafiu said the government will fulfil its promise “within the budgetary provision,” saying banking details of those who have recently passed out will be used to credit them.
Corps members that will receive the arrears
- All NYSC batch C1 and Batch C2 2023 to date
- Batch A1 and Batch A2 2024
- Batches B1 and B2 2024
- Batches C1 and C2 2024
Why there was a delay – Youth Development Minister
Similarly, the Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, has explained that the delay in the disbursement of the new NYSC monthly allowance was due to budgetary and administrative processes.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, he said, “It’s a process, but the approvals are in place, and the payments are happening. Both current and outgone corps members will get their dues.”
Complaints from serving corps members intensified after the administration of President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of subsidy on fuel on May 29, 2024, sparking hyperinflation in the price of goods and services.
The majority of Nigerians, including corps members, said the inflation caused by the removal of subsidy eroded their purchasing power, with a corps member serving in Lagos in March 2025, Ushie Uguamaye (@talktoraye), calling out the president on social media, describing him as a terrible president.
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I think we are both nigerians and i believe we have the right to know what is going on, And also what causes the delay regarding our arrears payment. We are not the onces that request for it after all. Batch C 2023 are suppose to be paid before any other batch