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Again, NYSC vows to pay members N77k allowance after second failure
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu has said that all Corps Members would be credited with their new monthly allowance of Seventy-Seven Thousand Naira with effect from March, 2025.
He said the Scheme and Federal Government are responsive to their welfare and would continue to ensure that their well-being is accorded maximum priority at all times.
The Director General disclosed this on Thursday while interacting with Corps Members in Wuse and Garki NYSC Zonal Offices of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja.
General Nafiu, who thanked the Corps Members for their selfless service to the nation advised them to remain calm, dedicated, focused and disciplined.
He lauded the founding father of the Scheme for conceiving the vision, while he advocated that all and sundry should rally round the Scheme.
General Nafiu added that NYSC is a beautiful Scheme that is building bridges and exposing graduate youths to learn and understand the cultural values of places outside their places of birth.
He stated further that Management would continue to instill the virtues of patriotism, discipline , self-restraint, good morals, leadership qualities and teamwork in the successive batches of Corps Members.
“With effect from March, you are going to receive the sum of Seventy-Seven Thousand Naira as your monthly allowance.
NYSC is good at record keeping and l can assure you that your money will be paid. The Nation and the Scheme appreciate you”, he said.
Speaking on behalf of her colleagues at Garki Zone, Corps Member Zaka Deborah Alheri FC/24A/5831, lauded the Director General for his conscientious efforts towards the payment of their increased monthly allowance.
Parents of the nine kidnapped children in Miya village in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State have appealed to Governor Bala Mohammed to intervene and assist them in rescuing their wards.
The parents made the plea while speaking with journalists at the NUJ Press Centre in Bauchi on Wednesday.
The spokesman of the parents, Musa Kwana, who is the traditional ruler of the community stated that unless the governor and his wife Aisha Bala Mohammed intervene, they may not see their children again.
Kwana gave the names of the children abducted as Sangi Turaki, Cikawa Turaki, Danjuma Turaki, Yangawa Dogo Talangu, Bebi Bawa, Jumolo Dangaladima, Kangaya Kori, Jummai Adamu and Alti Shehu, all of Miya village in Ganjuwa LGA of Bauchi State.
The spokesman said, “Now that we have tried everything humanly possible for several years since the incident happened in 2014 and could not get a positive result, we want the governor and his wife to step in and wipe our tears. We want to see our children.”
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested a woman for allegedly attempting to sell a 3-year-old boy she claimed to be her son for N1.5 million.
Police sources told security analyst, Zagazola Makama that the suspect, identified as Hana Yusuf of Kpaduma II Village, approached a resident, Isaac Tom, on March 18, 2025, requesting his help in finding a buyer for the child.
Tom, disturbed by the request, reported the matter to the Asokoro Police Division.
Acting swiftly, police operatives set up a sting operation, with ASP Promise Gandi posing as a potential buyer.
The suspect was lured to a meeting point, where she was arrested, and the child was safely rescued.
Preliminary investigations confirmed that the child, Yusuf Ibrahim, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mariam Ibrahim of Kpaduma II, Guzape.
The police have since reunited the boy with his parents while further investigations continue.
The suspect remains in custody and is undergoing interrogation.
Authorities say she will be charged in court upon completion of the investigation.
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