[dropcap type=”1″]S[/dropcap]okoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal at the weekend promised to increase the monthly allowances paid to National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members.
Also, the governor pledged to provide more double-bunker beds and mattresses at their permanent orientation camp in Wamakko, headquarters of Wamakko Local Government Area.
The governor made the promises when he addressed corps members shortly their special environmental sanitation.
Tambuwal, who relaunched the sanitation last week, said the upward review would be from the current N4,000 monthly stipend for corps members.
Although the governor said the state government had not arrived at an amount, he added: “The gesture is aimed at further motivating the corps members to do more to diligently serve their nation.