Taraba Government approves N75,000 Medical and Housing Allowance for Corps Members posted to Schools

The Taraba State Government has approved N75,000 as medical and housing allowance for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to schools in the state. 

This was contained in a press statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Reorientation Zainab Usman.

She said: “As an emergency response to the education situation, His Excellency has approved significant allowances for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in Taraba State schools:

“An additional ten thousand naira will be added to their monthly allowance. A one-time payment of fifty thousand naira as medical allowance. An accommodation allowance of twenty-five thousand naira per term, totaling seventy-five thousand naira for three terms.”

Exceptional corps members “who distinguish themselves while serving in schools will be offered automatic employment opportunities,” the statement added.

New Welfare Packages For NYSC Members In Taraba.

As an emergency response to the declining growth of education in Taraba State, I approved new allowances for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in Taraba State schools:

– An additional Ten thousand naira… pic.twitter.com/6JhrdlaQ5O

— Agbu Kefas ⏩ (@GovAgbuKefas) September 24, 2023