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| President Buhari receives NYSC Corp Members in Appreciation Visit over their Increased Allowance in State House on 6th Feb 2020 |
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme as a laudable one that needs to be sustained as it affords the opportunity for Nigerian youths to understand the country better.
โPeople come from far and wide; some from Victoria Island in Lagos have not even been to Ikeja. They now find themselves in Daura and other parts of the country. Whenever I go to my town, I get in touch with members; some of them from Lagos, some from Port Harcourt,โ he stated.
President Buhari who said this Thursday in Abuja while playing host to corps members who came on a thank-you visit to him, also praised General Yakubu Gowon for the initiative.
โWhenever I meet General Gowon up till today, I thank him for initiating the NYSC. It is a nationalist and patriotic thinking that led to the development of the scheme,โ he added
Four members representing others countrywide came to convey their โdeepest gratitudeโ to the President over the recent increase in their monthly allowances from N19,800 to N33,000.
According to them, โthe implementation in January, when we least expected it brought tears of joy to us as we had doubts of the promises earlier made.โ
โYou have demonstrated that you are a loving and caring father committed to the welfare of his children,โ they added.
They also reiterated their commitment to do their best during their period in the scheme. โThe increase is a wake-up call to us to show more commitment to the affairs of our fatherland. We are great stakeholders in our collective determination of building a prosperous and united Nigeria, the future belongs to us.โ
The NYSC members were led to the State House by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare and the Director General of the scheme Brigadier General Ibrahim Shehu.
