The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) said that it had not been given any directive by the relevant authority for it to start payment of the N70,000 minimum wage to corps members or to upgrade their accounts.
The NYSC Director of Information and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, disclosed this in a statement at the weekend.
Megwa issued the statement to debunk a social media report that corps members’ bank accounts are being upgraded to accommodate the N70,000 new national minimum wage.
He described the report as absolute falsehood and misleading.
The NYSC, therefore, advised corps members not to yield to mischief makers’ misleading information to Nigerians which had become their trademark.
“The attention of National Youth Service Corps management has been drawn to the 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,” the statement said.
“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,” the statement said.
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