Did NYSC extend corps members service year by 3 months? fresh fact emerge

• The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has reacted to the alleged 3-month hold of the Batch A, Stream 1 work year
• The NYSC described the connection announcing the alleged 3-month hold and circulating connected societal media arsenic fake
• The fake connection claimed that Batch A, Stream 1 work year, has been extended by 3 (3) months owed to caller argumentation reviews

Legit.ng writer Adekunle Dada has implicit 8 years of acquisition covering basal and tertiary education successful Nigeria and worldwide

FCT, Abuja - The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has denied extending the Batch A, Stream 1 work twelvemonth by 3 months.

The NYSC said the study of extending the work of the corps members whose predisposition people is scheduled to commence connected April 23rd, 2025, was fake.

NYSC describes study of extending corps members work twelvemonth by 3 months arsenic fake. Photo credit: @officialnyscng
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Legit.ng reports that the NYSC is simply a mandatory, post-tertiary strategy for each Nigerian graduates nether the property of 30.

According to the fake statement, the hold is owed to caller argumentation reviews.

All prospective Corps Members were promised updated call-up numbers/letters and caller predisposition dates.

NYSC shared the fake connection via its X grip @officialnyscng connected Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

The fake connection reads:

“OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTAll prospective Corps Member Batch A, Stream 1 scheduled to commence the Orientation Course connected 23rd, 2025, are hereby informed the work twelvemonth has been extended by 3 (3) months owed to caller argumentation reviews.“Updated call-up numbers/letters and caller predisposition dates volition beryllium communicated shortly.”

NYSC announces redeployment enactment for joined pistillate corpers

Legit.ng earlier reported that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) announced a redeployment option for joined pistillate Prospective Corps members.

NYSC said joined pistillate prospective corps members should study to the nearest Orientation Camp.

They are to study with copies of their marital and different applicable documents arsenic grounds for redeployment.

Tinubu's govt mulls hold of NYSC to 2 years

Legit.ng besides reported that the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Alausa, projected extending NYSC scheme from 1 to 2 years to heighten skills grooming and nationalist impact.

The curate besides recommended expanding the NYSC entrepreneurship programme and deploying much postgraduate teachers to agrarian schools to span manpower gaps.

NYSC Director-General Brig. Gen. Y.D. Ahmed pledged the Scheme’s readiness to instrumentality national reforms and called for a database to way Nigerians studying abroad.

NYSC starts paying N77,000 monthly allowance

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the NYSC started paying corps members the recently approved ₦77,000 monthly allowance, with 2024 Batch A Stream 2 being the archetypal beneficiaries.

While immoderate members person confirmed receipt of the accrued stipend, others from antithetic batches are inactive awaiting payment, expected by month-end.

The allowance hike follows President Tinubu’s minimum wage approval, raising corps members' monthly wage from ₦33,000 to ₦77,000.

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