President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, who were in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on a ‘thank-you’ mission over their new allowances.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four members representing others countrywide came to convey their “deepest gratitude” to the president over the recent increase in their monthly allowances from N19,800 to N33,000.

The NYSC members were led to the State House by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare and the Director General of the scheme, Brigadier General Ibrahim Shehu.

Speaking at the event, President Buhari described the NYSC scheme as a ”laudable one that needs to be sustained as it affords the opportunity for Nigerian youths to understand the country better”.

He said: “People come from far and wide; some from Victoria Island in Lagos have not even been to Ikeja.

”They now find themselves in Daura and other parts of the country. Whenever I go to my town, I get in touch with members; some of them from Lagos, some from Port Harcourt.”

President Buhari, who praised General Yakubu Gowon for the initiative, said: “Whenever I meet General Gowon up till today, I thank him for initiating the NYSC.

”It is a nationalist and patriotic thinking that led to the development of the scheme.”

Earlier, the NYSC members had showered praises on the president, saying ”the implementation in January, when we least expected it brought tears of joy to us as we had doubts of the promises earlier made.

“You have demonstrated that you are a loving and caring father committed to the welfare of his children.”

They also reiterated their commitment to do their best during their period in the scheme.

“The increase is a wake-up call to us to show more commitment to the affairs of our fatherland.

”We are great stakeholders in our collective determination of building a prosperous and united Nigeria, the future belongs to us,” they said.

https://m.guardian.ng/news/new-allowances-nysc-members-pay-thank-you-visit-to-president-buhari/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZRQZLAWqYc

Only 4corpers.....and people are shouting nysc members..when I thought they were more than 20 sef.

Anyways it's very good o...corpers should enjoy their money jor...no time

mabebe1:
Only 4corpers.....and people are shouting nysc members..when I thought they were more than 20 sef.

Anyways it's very good o...corpers should enjoy their money jor...no time

Lol.
Corper is Corper o. I wonder the calls that were put through before these set of Corpers were selected to visit the Villa.

Did you notice none of the corpers were smiling.

Tonyfx:
Did you notice none of the corpers were smiling.

They smile behind the scenes

Foolish shuldrens

Shebi 7.5% VAT dey wait all of us.
Una mumu never do!

Sakamaje

Set awon lazy Youth

Mtcheew, can u imagine these children

Na their luck... We Don do our own waka

You go know wetin dey sup after NYSC, the rate you use appreciate that dullard you go use curse am. Sebi you talk you people no won get sense ni.

This Nigeria sef.. celebrating 33k like it's 1 million

Sakamaje

Is that their CDS??...

Nice one

Abeg buhari dey try na over promise kill him tenure

No slay queen corper..

Baba no want Aishah wahala..

Baba don soji...

Fathers of all four corp members are cabinet members

Sharp corpers. No time fo dulling
Government must sha favor pesin one way or another

Corrupt corpers!

Lol

What a time to be a fresh graduate. I'm gonna start collecting my own 33k before the end of this year too.

May God spare our lives beyond

Mtcheww

Discombulator:
God will punish every single one of those kids that contributed for that frame.

Why?

At least they're better than npower people

Great.. Buhari isn’t rerunning for any other election yet he made this plausible move. Though not totally exonerated from all his flawed policies, he has done some creditable achievements and this is one.

However, some corpers will still tell those guys “who send ona?? Wetin consine you??”

Bamss1:
Fathers of all four corp members are cabinet members

Very true

If you know the amount of lobbying that goes into selecting those four corpers, una go fear.

I learnt that corpers even lobby to be posted to major polling units during elections.