The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has dissociated itself from some reports making the rounds in the social media indicating that Corps members have been mandated to upgrade their accounts in anticipations for payment of N70, 000.
Many NYSC members, especially those serving in rural areas were last week thrown into confusion over their inability to “upgrade” their bank accounts to be able to accept the new minimum wage.
However, debunking the information, the Director of Information of the Corps, Mr. Eddy Megwa in a statement on Saturday declared that the NYSC has not received any signal on the new minimum wage. The statement also clarified that the NYSC has not authorised any account upgrade for Corps members and therefore, advised them to steer clear of the misinformation.
Part of the statement reads:
“The attention of National Youth Service Corps management has been drawn to misleading information circulating in the media regarding payment of N70,000 minimum wage to corps members and the directive to upgrade their accounts. This is an absolute falsehood which is far from the truth
“Corps members, parents and members of the public should note that no directive has been received from the relevant sector of government responsible for wages matters.
“It is, therefore, impossible for the NYSC to issue any information on such. Corps members already know the approved channel and mode of communication in the scheme and should therefore ignore the directive accordingly
“The NYSC, by this release therefore admonishes corps members to desist from allowing mischief makers who are set to mislead Nigerians from continuing to play on their intelligence.
“Bloggers and social media influencers are warned to stop issuing statements that concern the management of National Youth Service Corps without authorization.”