The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has assured that corps members who recently completed the national service would be paid the arrears of seventy seven thousand naira allowance.

Director-General of the NYSC, Brig Gen Olakunle Nafiu gave the assurance during the Batch A 2025 pre-mobilisation workshop for heads of corps producing institutions and other stakeholders in Abuja on Thursday.

The government commenced payment of the seventy seven thousand naira allowance to corps members last month, eight months after President Bola Tinubu signed the minimum wage bill into law.

The Director, Corps Mobilisation, Mohammed Abubakar, lamented that the scheme still faced serious issues, particularly the fraudulent uploading of unqualified graduates by tertiary institutions.

Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande said the scheme needs to be reformed in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration.