The National Youth Service Corps {NYSC} has dismissed that it expended the February stipend meant for corps member to pay off bandits.
The NYSC in a statement advised corps members to only rely on the NYSC platforms for information regarding the Service.
The Management of the National Youth Service Corps wishes to alert members of the public, especially corps members on the fake news currently trending, which states that corps members will be paid the February monthly stipend at the end of March 2021.
The NYSC also urged corps members and the public to visit only platforms authorized by the body for updates about its activities.
“The fake information claimed that the fund appropriated for the stipend had been expended on the settlement of bandits.
Source: punch newspaper