Fintiri Announces N10,000 Monthly Allowances as Palliative for Corps Members in Adamawa

Daji Sani in Yola

Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has  approved N10,000 monthly allowance as palliative to Corp members deployed to serve in the state beginning from January 2024.

Following the removal of fuel subsidy earlier Fintiri had approved N10,000 additional monthly allowances and immediately implemented as palliative  for all the civil servants in the state to cushion the hardships and sufferings ensued by the removal of subsidy.

The governor also bought 10 luxurious buses to addresses the challenges of transportation and bought food items to address  the dearth food security in the state.

He has also built 2,000 housing units for civil servants in the current period of  the subsidy removal.

Meanwhile, Fintiri  made announced yesterday while presiding over the swearing-in ceremony of Batch ‘C’ Stream 2 Corps members deployed to Adamawa State at Damare NYSC orientation camp Girei LGA and approved the road construction from Damare to Borong for easy accessibility.

Fintiri maintained that the gesture was in response to the current hardship occasioned by the federal government policy on fuel subsidy removal.

The governor further directed an immediate supply of 50 bags of rice, 10 bulls and 10 Jerrycans of cooking oil to the corps members to make their orientation camp memorable.

According to Fintiri, his administration considers the NYSC scheme in the state as a strategic partner in the execution of Government policies and programmes, particularly in areas of education, healthcare, Agriculture and rural development.

The State Chairman of the NYSC Governing Board and Commissioner of Youths and Sports, Barrister Wali Yakubu,  urged the corps members to choose from a variety of skill sets and actively participate in the training sessions to avoid the lengthy queue of job seekers.

In his welcoming remarks, State NYSC Coordinator Mr. Jingi Denis, stated that more corps members are currently being assigned to the Local Government Areas outside of Yola-Jimeta as a result of the scheme’s reassessment of posting regulations in light of the state’s peaceful situation.