The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has clarified that it has not instructed corps members to upgrade their bank accounts for a N70,000 new minimum wage payment.
This was disclosed in a statement on Sunday by Eddy Megwa, the NYSC Director of Information and Public Relations, who labelled the information circulating on social media as “completely false”.
Megwa stressed that no directive has been received from the government concerning the payment of N70,000 to corps members, making it impossible for NYSC to issue any such instruction.
He urged corps members, their parents, and the public to disregard the misleading reports and reminded them that NYSC has established channels for official communication.
Megwa also cautioned bloggers and social media influencers against spreading unauthorised information about the NYSC, warning them to refrain from issuing statements that could mislead the public.
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 authorisation.”