By Busy Brain 

Last year when I was in service, I wrote a column titled: 'NYSC Allowance And The Minimum Wage Stunt.' A click on search engine with this title would direct anyone who mind to read, Voice air media reports.

I wrote this piece to address many reasons why NYSC allowance should be increased without delay. On this column, I received calls from different State Coordinators and Local Government Inspectors. One of my friends serving in Ogun State, Omigbule Oyebola also called me that he shared on their NYSC platform and their Inspector asked him to bring the hard copy. 

Initially, I thought I was already in trouble because of the threat cum warning given to us not to write anything against or concerning the scheme. 

My mind was not at ease thinking about the panel I would face. I later embraced courage that what will be, will actually be in as much as am fighting for Nigerian graduates. I know if the new allowance is being implemented, it would not favour my batch but the next coming batches. Despite the fact that this write up was heavily plagiarized by people erasing my name and details,many across the country still sent me inbox messages.  

I made new friends and got more fans. Guess what, the State Coordinators that called me differently commended the work and promised to take it up. My mind was calm and pleased. This is wonderful, I exclaimed!

In the piece, I tried to evaluate and justify how 19,800 can never be sufficient for Corpers.. 

Below is the excerpt of the breakdown of 19,800 as penned in the column:
"Let’s even split the #19,800 into pieces now

By calculation, a Corper earns #660 per day


#660 daily * 30days = #19,800 monthly


Let’s assume one spends


#150 naira in the morning for breakfast


#150 naira in the afternoon for lunch


#150 naira for dinner


#150 * 3 daily = #450


#450 on three square meal daily multiply by 30days = #13,500



#19,800 Allawee - #13,500 total food consumption per month = #6,300 balance.



Out of this #6,300 that remains, one would pay for electricity bill monthly, one would pay for transport fare to CDS weekly or PPA probably three or four times in a week, one would have no choice than to recharge phone and buy data for subscription, friends and relatives would definitely be expecting one to give out something including girl friend or fiancee. All these expenses excluded clothes, and other petty things


Convince me on why people should not engage in yahoo yahoo out of this mess. I pay kudos to the EFCC for waging war against cyber crime but why are they careless to take note of some of the reasons behind the hiker level of cyber crime.


People resort to last choice when there is none. The insufficient #19,800 is among the reasons why guys find alternative to their standard of living. Monthly allowance isn’t sustainable and employment isn’t certain. Who on earth can endure poverty?"


On the concluding part, I said: 
     " Many business ideas died after NYSC because there are no more savings on ground having exhausted the #19,800 during the service year. If graduates earn at least, #30,000 per month, it is only a prodigal that would not have savings to set up a small scale business of whatsoever and give life to at least, one business idea"

"It is high time the NYSC scheme go back to the drawing board and sit the government down on the increment without any delay. NYSC Scheme is the best channel to reduce unemployment."

"The increment of allawee would not only reduce unemployment rate but at the same time encourage people to further with their education. 

If N-Power beneficiaries can earn #30,000 per month for two years, NYSC members can also earn #30,000 for that one year of service with dedication and selflessness. Allawee increment should be a must and priority."

The above was my conclusion in the column; thank God, it has been increased. For the fact that Buhari led administration is facing serious challenges in the area of security. He would definitely be remembered for the NYSC allowance. 


He deserves appreciation for effecting change in that aspect. It's only the prodigal ones that would earn 30,000 throughout the service year and still come back to tell the tales of unemployment in Nigeria. The wise ones would be business owners and self reliance.

Even when am not a beneficiary of the increased allowance, one of the ex corpers from Kogi State called me recently to write NYSC DG and solicit for arrears. I laughed it off and said, I will rather write to solicit for employment. 

This is Nigeria, Everything happens in style. Kudos to Baba Buhari, NYSC DG and others that channelled the increment.


Read More below:
https://www.voiceairmedia.com/2020/03/nysc-why-president-buhari-would-be.html

Suffering and smiling
Bandits get Billions of naira
Herdsmen would be getting another couple of billions, terrorists would get foreign education.
One day southerners would wake up.

So because he increased corpers wage like he was meant to with the increasing uselessness of the naira he would be remembered forever?

Your mumu is too much

Corpers are relieved with the increase .

Wailers can wailers as wailing is now a profession.

Kudos to Apc led government

The increase won't solve a problem but thank God he increased it

It's not about the amount. It's about wellness of the economy. What N19,000 can buy in 2015 is more than what N30,000 can buy today.
With a dollar going 360 and set to get around 400 against the naira compared to 190-209 in 2015, increase in general taxes through ludicious bank charges, increase in VAT, raising food prices and general high cost of living leading to sharp decline of purchasing power of Nigerians in everything from high cost of fuel, electricity bills, hospital bills etc no thanks to incompetence of buhari's fulani led regime and you're here praising the terrorist for chicken feets? What a joke!
Buhari's fulani/Abba Kyari led regime will be remembered forever for causing the worst economic calamity Nigerians have ever seen.
ONE NIGERIA IS DEAD!

This is not about buhari ...the law states that nysc allowance shall be minimum wage plus 10 percent ....

If anything buhari is shoulrt changing corpers ...

Its should be 33k a month

Staro:

This post is just laughable, I swear.
OP, how old are you?

So, because Buhari increased NYSC allowance by about 55% as a consequence of a general
national wage review qualifies his name to be written in gold?

What will you say about GEJ who increased it by about 150% from 7,500k to about 19,800k.
In fact, unlike Buhari's economy, the GEJ's economy was growing at 6% with inflation at single digit 8 - 9%.

Oga Corper, what this means is that, the 19,800k under GEJ had a much higher purchasing power than Buhari's 30k.
How much is 30k with inflation at about 13%?

When I did my NYSC during the Yar'Adua's tenure, NYSC allowee was around 8k. I served in the farthest part of the
north a walking distance into Niger Republic. My dear, that 8K had better purchasing power than Buhari's 30k you're here
celebrating

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I agree with you completely.

The post by OP tells a lot about Nigeria's educational system.
If you interact with graduates in civilised climes ... see, poverty is a disease !

How else will anyone celebrate 30k allowance for graduates?
Sadly, we have people like OP in the N-Power program wasting away their youth.

If you want to win a typical Nigerian, sprinkle crumbs at him, you'll buy his conscience.

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The Op is an idiot!

Buhari did not increase NYSC allowance out of love for NYSC, it was increased out of the fallout from the mandatory national wage review. Buhari has no choice

Somebody should inform the Op that Buhari's government is not the first in Nigeria to increase the NYSC allowance.