Olawumi, who made the disclosure in Abuja
while handing over to the new director-general
of the scheme, Brig.-Gen. Sule Kazaure, said
the management of the scheme had drawn
the attention of the Federal Government to
the need to increase the allowances.
He stated that there was a positive signal that
the federal government would grant the
request.
"We have brought to federal government’s
attention the urgent need to increase some of
the allowances due to corps members and
recent response suggests a strong ray of light
at the end of the tunnel.
"The major challenge I had as director-general
of the scheme is the increasing corps
population which was accompanied with
dwindling financial resources.
"It is rather unfortunate that we could not
execute some major programmes and
activities due to paucity of funds.
"You may not be aware that series of letters
that have been written and necessary follow
up to the appropriate authorities on the need
for proper funding of the scheme.
"This is especially important now that the
current corps population has risen to 260,000
per year," Olawumi said.
It would be recalled that Brig.-Gen. J.
Olawumi was appointed the 16th DG of NYSC
on January 6th, 2014.
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