The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has announced that members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will enjoy the new minimum wage of N30,000.
Sunday Dare disclosed this on his official Twitter handle on Wednesday evening, October 23, 2019. He tweeted;
“New Minimum Wage: NYSC members to enjoy new minimum wage/allowee Details coming …
“Next week the DG NYSC will provide details of the new allowee for the Youth Corp members after full briefing from the Ministries of Finance And MYSD”.
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Meanwhile, KanyiDaily had reported that the Federal Government and Organised Labour have reached an agreement on the consequential adjustments for the N30,000 new national minimum wage.
According to the new template, workers on grade level 07 was agreed at 23.2 percent; grade level 08 at 20 percent; grade level 09 at 19 percent; from grade level 10 – 14 at 16 percent and from grade level 15 – 17 at 14 percent.