Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, has pledged to review the allowances of National Youth Service Corps members posted to the state.

The governor made the pledge on Monday when he visited the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Fanisau, Dutse, during the passing-out ceremony for the 2026 Batch C Stream corps members.

Namadi said the proposed increase was to appreciate the contributions of corps members to the development of the state and cushion the effects of the current economic challenges.

He said, “We will review up and increase NYSC corpers allowance posted to the state to encourage them to give their best.”

The governor congratulated the corps members on completing their mandatory six-week orientation course and urged them to be good ambassadors of the scheme.

He also announced an immediate N10,000 transport allowance for each corps member to ease movement to their places of primary assignment.

“We have provided N10,000 transportation allowance to each of you to ease your movement to your places of primary assignment,” he said.

Namadi said the government would consider constructing a bigger hall at the camp to accommodate more corps members during activities.

He said, “We will look at the possibility of construction of a bigger hall at this camp for your large gatherings.”

The governor also assured the corps members that the state government would procure a larger generator to address power supply challenges at the NYSC camp in Fanisau.

According to him, the intervention would improve the welfare and living conditions of corps members and camp officials.

He said, “We will procure a larger generator at the NYSC camp in Fanisau to ensure steady power supply.”

Earlier, the NYSC Jigawa State Coordinator, Muhammad Baba, commended the governor for his continued support for the scheme.

Baba said the Batch C corps members had been adequately trained and found worthy in character and learning to proceed to their primary assignments.

He said, “These corps members have completed the mandatory orientation course and are ready to contribute to the development of Jigawa State.”

The coordinator thanked the governor for the transport allowance and other interventions at the camp.

He appealed to the state government to sustain its support to enable the scheme to achieve its objectives.

Baba also urged the corps members to respect the cultures of their host communities and contribute meaningfully to their development.

Source: punchng.com

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President Bola Tinubu has received copies of the proposed 2027 United Nations budget from Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Jimoh Ibrahim.

Ibrahim, who chairs the UN committee responsible for budgetary and administrative matters, presented the seven-volume document to the President at the State House, Abuja.

Speaking to journalists after the presentation, Ibrahim described the occasion as historic, saying it was the first time in 66 years that a Nigerian president had received the proposed UN budget through the process.

He said, “This is the presentation of the United Nations proposed budget for 2027 that was presented to me by the General Assembly, by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to the Fifth Committee, and that budget has seven volumes.

“So it has to be presented to my country because my country is a member of the United Nations. I share the budget at the committee, so the appropriate thing to do is to bring the budget home and deliver it to the President.

“This is the first time in 66 years that Nigeria will share budget in the committee. The first time. So I don’t know when we’re going to do that again in history.”

Ibrahim added, “President Bola Tinubu is making history to have been able to receive that budget, being the first President in 66 years that will receive such budget from the United Nations, and it’s not a small issue for a country to receive the whole UN budget.”

He said the proposed budget covered the organisation’s regular activities and peacekeeping operations, with approximately $3.4bn allocated to the regular budget and $8.5bn for peacekeeping.

Ibrahim put the total at about $14bn, although the figures he cited for the two components add up to $11.9bn.

He stressed that the document was still a proposal and had not received final approval from UN member states.

“The budget still has to be approved. This is a proposed budget. It’s at the proposed stage. You submit it to your country, and thereafter the budget is finally discussed. Figures are adjusted, and then finally the final budget is approved and spending commences,” he said.

Asked about the support Nigeria could receive from the UN, Ibrahim said discussions on the proposed budget were ongoing and declined to specify what Nigeria might benefit from it.

He also cited the construction of a $267m UN conference centre in Kenya as an example of the organisation’s investment in facilities in member states.

The proposed budget will undergo further scrutiny and adjustments before member states approve the final figures and spending begins.