Borno State Governor,Babagana Zulum has approved the payment of N202.6 million to offset monthly allowances of serving and outgone corps members in the State.
The Desk Officer of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the state, Mr Christopher Godwin-Akaba, gave the hint in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Saturday.
Godwin-Akaba said that corps members received a monthly stipend of N10,000 each, while the medical corps doctors and paramedics received N100,000 and N50,000 respectively.
He said that N75.4 million was released by the governor within the last one year to pay allowances of 454 medical doctors and paramedics’ corps members serving in the state.
“N127.2 million was equally released to offset allowances of other categories of corps members, numbering 3,133 in the state,’’ he said.
The State Coordinator of the NYSC, Mr Nura Umar, commended Gov. Zulum for offsetting the outstanding allowances of corps members serving in the state.
Umar said that the governor is giving priority attention to the safety and welfare of the corps members by providing befitting accommodation to them.
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