NYSC Allowance 2020: YaahooJournalist has obtained the updated full list of NYSC allowance for states in Nigeria.
YaahooJournalist understands that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has reportedly approved a new monthly allowance for corps members.
Reports sighted on several online platforms, quoted the NYSC DG, Brig-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, to have confirmed the new approved NYSC allowance for corps members on Wednesday, January 8.
1. Abia state Pays ₦5,000
2. Adamawa (we don’t know yet, help us if you do)
3. Akwa Ibom state pays ₦4,900 monthly
4. Anambra state pays ₦8,300 monthly (it is paid in bulk and not really monthly)
5. Bauchi state pays ₦1,250 6. Bayelsa – ₦3,000 to those in capital and ₦5,000 to those in rural areas.
7. Benue (No information yet)
8. Borno – ₦5,000
9. Cross River – ₦5,000
10. Delta – ₦5,000.
11. Ebonyi (EBONYI used to pay ₦9750 monthly; however, payment stalled since February 2019)
12. Edo (No information yet) 13. Ekiti – ₦5,000
14. Enugu – pays ₦3,800 to those in villages and ₦1,000 to those serving in towns
15. Gombe (No information yet) 16. Imo – pays ₦2,000 17. Jigawa – pays ₦5,000
18. Kaduna – ₦3000
19. Kano pays a one-time sum of ₦15,000 which is approximately ₦1,200 per month
20. Katsina (No information)
21. Kebbi — ₦2,000 monthly
22. Kogi (No information)
23. Kwara – ₦25,000 monthly (paid to medical corp members)
24. Lagos – ₦15,000 and sometimes ₦10,000 to corp members in ministries, ₦5000 to those in LGAs and ₦20,000 to medical youth corp members.
25. Nasarawa – pays ₦5,000 monthly (₦30K paid in bulk after 6 months) 26. Niger – used to pay ₦6,000; according to reports but not anymore.
27. Ogun – Nil
28. Ondo – ₦75,000 monthly to medical corp members only
29. Osun – ₦5,000
30. Oyo – ₦3,800
31. Plateau (we have no information yet)
32. Rivers – ₦5,000 but the government of Governor Nyesom Wike has increased the NYSC allowance to ₦15,000
33. Sokoto – ₦5,000 to those in state government parastatals and ₦9,000 to those in state hospitals (please note that the payment is made in bulk at the end of the service year)
34. Taraba – ₦10,000 (we are not so sure about this anymore)
35. Yobe – ₦5,000 monthly for regular corp members while medical corp members earn 100,000 plus.
36. Zamfara – ₦3,000
37. FCT – Abuja doesn’t pay anything.
NOTE: Please, if you noticed something we missed or the amount paid has changed in the state you serve, kindly use the comment box to inform us.
