Tambuwal Sokoto State governor to review corps members' allowance

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on
Saturday promised to review upward the
monthly allowances the state government
has been paying to corps members serving in
the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports
that Tambuwal made the pledge when he
addressed the corps members after their
participation in the special environmental
sanitation exercise in Sokoto on Saturday.
According to him, the review would increase
the allowance from the current N4,000 due to
every corps member in the state monthly,
upwards.
"We have not arrived at a tentative figure as
at now but the gesture is aimed at further
motivating the corps members to do much
more, in their diligent service to the nation.
"We want to also better complement the
monthly allowances being paid to them by
the Federal Government,'' he added.
Tambuwal further promised to provide more
double-bunk beds and mattresses at the
permanent NYSC Orientation Camp at
Wamakko, headquarters of the Wamakko
local government area of the state.
The governor also pledged to provide more
utility vehicles to the scheme, as well as
rehabilitate its state Secretariat at
Kalambaina, near Sokoto.
Tambuwal, who was responding to some
requests made by the NYSC State
Coordinator, Mr Thomas Yamma, also
reiterated the resolve of his administration to
rid the state of filth.
Yamma had earlier pledged that the NYSC
scheme would fully complement the efforts of
the state government to ensure that the
entire state was kept clean.
This, according to Yamma, is crucial to
enhance environmental and personal hygiene
in Sokoto State and keep diseases at bay.