Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - President Bola Tinubu has directed that 200 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) honorees be offered immediate employment into the federal civil service.
The President also announced on Tuesday, July 29, a cash
reward of ₦250, 000 for the 200 honorees in recognition of their outstanding
service during the 2020–2023 service years.
Tinubu further directed that 10 physically challenged former
corps members, who sustained varying degrees of disability while serving,
should be offered federal employment as he assured them that the government
will never forget their sacrifice.
The President represented by the Minister of State for
Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, at the combined President’s NYSC
Honours Award Ceremony (2020-2023) in Abuja, celebrated the awardees for their
“discipline, commitment, selflessness, teamwork, patriotism, and
integrity.”
He assured the honorees that the “Head of the Civil Service
of the Federation and Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission will
immediately begin their employment process.”
Beyond automatic employment and cash awards, every
honoree—including those with disabilities—will receive a scholarship to pursue
a postgraduate degree at any Nigerian university.
According to him: “In appreciation of their service to the
nation, all the awardees will receive N250,000. Finally, each award recipient
will be granted a scholarship to pursue postgraduate programs up to a degree in
any university in the country,” he declared.
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