Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Monday allegedly promised Youth Corps members posted to the state N10,000 each for transport fare, and another N5,000 on a monthly basis.
The N10,000 is a one-time lump sum payment, while the N5,000 will be for the entire service year on a monthly basis.
According to Gbenga Olorunpomi, his Senior Special Assistant (Elecrronic Media), who tweeted the information on Monday, Bello also announced a personal donation of N5m to the family of an NYSC Director who died on Sunday night.
See tweets:
Breaking: Gov. Bello has just announced a personal donation of N5m to the family of an NYSC Director who died last night.He also gifted all corp members N10,000 as transport allowance. Promised monthly allowances of N5,000 to all Kogi State corp members to be paid from his office pic.twitter.com/eWDkuJ3yq3
— Gbenga Olorunpomi (@GbengaGOLD) August 13, 2018