NYSC to place corps members on public service salary scale via @iKanzee_RR

Abuja – The National Youth Service Corps
(NYSC) says it is working toward placing
corps members on a public service salary
scale to stop frequent agitation for a review of
their allowances.
Its Director-General, Brig. Gen. Johnson
Olawumi, said this at a media chat on
Tuesday in Abuja.
He said that already, the scheme was
collaborating with the National Salaries and
Wages Commission to concretise the
proposal.
Olawumi said that the scheme had made
series of attempts at the National Assembly to
secure an adjustment in the allowances of the
corps members, adding that such attempts
had been unsuccessful.
He said that the scheme had taken the matter
before the wages commission for a solution,
adding that the current N19, 800 monthly
allowances for corps members was inadequate
in view of the economic situation in the
country.
The NYSC boss also announced the
resuscitation of the Presidential Award to
corps members who had excelled in their
service to the nation, adding that the 2013
and 2014 editions would hold this year.
“It (award) was instituted in 1974 with the
purpose of rewarding corps members that
distinguished themselves through selfless
service to their host communities.
“The 2012 and 2013 editions of the award will
be hosted later in the year along with the
2014 edition and preparations are already in
top gear in this regard.’’
On request for corps members’ relocation,
Olawumi said that such requests were
approved only on marital and health grounds.
“However, with the current security situation in
some states of the country, the scheme
applies the doctrine of necessity when corps
members apply for relocation on security
reasons.
“In such instances, the corps members get
relocated automatically; but not to a state of
their choice.’’
He, however, warned that the scheme had
concluded arrangement to punish those corps
members who presented fake health report to
aid their relocation, adding that the drastic
action would be applied to all those caught in
the act to serve as a lesson to others.
Meanwhile, Olawumi said that more than 2.7
million graduates had passed through the
scheme since its inception in 1975. (NAN)