News Reaching Happynigeria.com is that Some corps members serving in Abuja have called on the FCT Minister to build an NYSC lodge in the city for members whose employers cannot afford to accommodate.
The corps members made the call while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.
They said that though the responsibility of providing accommodation for corps members was that of employers, the FCTA could introduce a housing scheme for them.
Miss Nnoli Ogozirim, a batch `B’ member, said accommodation was one of the major challenges facing corps members.
“I am from a state where accommodation and transportation is relatively cheap.
“It is not easy getting accommodation in Abuja. Living here in the city is expensive. Even when you get it, you will pay so
much.
“I am now staying on the outskirts of Abuja and my allowance from the NYSC, in addition to what they give me from my primary place of assignment, ends up being spent on accommodation every month,” she said.
Ogozirim also appealed to the Federal Government to increase the monthly allowance paid to FCT Corps members.
Also speaking, Mr. Madu Melody, a batch `C’ member, said the appeal was necessary because of the difficulties experienced in the FCT in obtaining accommodation.
“Though our NYSC letter of posting states that our employers are responsible for our accommodation, we appeal to the FCT Minister to build a lodge so that we can live in it and move out for the next batch of corps members.
“I am appealing to government to come to our aid by providing affordable accommodation for corps members in the FCT,’’ he said.
Another member, Mr. Babatude Femi, said that the NYSC members were not asking for a big house.
“We are asking for a room to a corps member. We will provide our beds, mattress, pillows.
“The lodge could be in form of a hostel for corps members in the city to reduce some of the challenges we are facing.
“The only lodge we have in the whole of FCT is the small one in Nyanya, Abuja, which cannot contain much people.
“We are really facing a lot of problem. we call for the intervention of government to reduce this trouble for us,” he said.
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