NYSC Reacts Over Claim of Corps Members ‘Allawee’ Used To Pay Bandits

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has dismissed the claims that it expended the February stipends meant for corps members to pay off bandits.

It was rumoured that the money allocated for the February stipends has been used to settle bandits and will be, meaning that corps members would be paid at the end of March.

Many corps members have expressed fears over the unusual delay in the payment of their allowances.

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The development had come amid rising cases of abductions across the country.

But in a statement on Sunday, NYSC asked members of the public to disregard such reports, describing it as “fake news”.

“The management of the National Youth Service Corps wishes to alert members of the public, especially Corps Members to the fake news currently trending, which states that corps members will be paid the February monthly stipend at the end of March 2021.

“The fake information claimed that the fund appropriated for the stipend had been expended on the settlement of bandits.”

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They went on to state that, “Management enjoins all to disregard in its entirety the story which is the handiwork of mischief-makers.

“Management admonishes the originators of this falsehood to refrain from such criminal acts. Corps Members are advised as always to only rely on the information on the NYSC platforms.”

Rumours such as this one are usually rife among corpers whenever their allowances are delayed. They usually find explanations to make up for the delay and silence from the authorities. The truth is not usually the primary purpose of these claims – feeling in the gap is. As at the time of writing this, the NYSC corps members are yet to see their allowances.

We will update this when there is a change.