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NSA Assures National Service Personnel of Imminent Allowance Payments

18Feb

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NSA Assures National Service Personnel of Imminent Allowance Payments

The National Service Authority (NSA) has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring the prompt payment of allowances to National Service Personnel across the country, assuring stakeholders that steps are being taken to clear outstanding arrears. In a statement issued by Management, the Authority emphasised that service allowances are essential to supporting personnel during their mandatory service year and stressed that every eligible individual deserves timely payment of their stipends. According to the NSA, funds covering two months of allowances were advanced last week by the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department for disbursement. However, the Authority clarified that the delay in payments is linked to an ongoing verification exercise being conducted by the Ghana Interbank Pay...

Prosecution yet to serve Osei Assibey Antwi with a hearing notice

Lawyers for Mr Osei Assibey Antwi, former Executive Director of the National Service Authority have told an Accra High Court that the accused person has not been served with any document to report to Court. Paa Kwesi Kuboadzi, Counsel for the accused, said, unfortunately for today’s case they were not given any notice. He said, "I was called about an hour ago to appear in court. That is why I am naked." The Counsel, who was not properly dressed in the profession's dress code of black and white with the wing, prayed that the prosecution give the defence ample notice so that they may properly appear in Court. "Again, my client’s reporting schedule requires him to report in Kumasi every Monday apart from the first Monday of the month on which he reports in Accra," he added. Mrs...

NSS persons react to President Mahama’s SONA military training proposal

 Some national service personnel have backed the government initiative to make military training part of the service scheme to ensure fitness. They believed that military training would enhance fitness, teamwork, and leadership skills, which is valuable in professionalism. Miss Priscilla Manu, a national service person, said: “Being fit leads to healthy living, so the proposed military training is a good idea.” She mentioned that if the initiative is implemented, it would aid most NSS personnel to be active and perform well in their assigned departments. She emphasised that certificates for military training should be awarded alongside the NSS certificate at the end of the service. Ms Benedict Senoo Adjo, another service pers...