NSS PRESS RELEASE

Accra, Ghana – Tuesday, October 18, 2016: The Management of the National Service Scheme says it has observed that some of the national service personnel who have already begun their service have not completed their biometric registration.

A statement signed by the Acting Executive Director, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte says that the Secretariat is currently validating its data for the total number of service personnel deployed and matching it with the number of biometrically registered service personnel.

According to the statement, after the validation exercise, all service personnel who would be identified not to have donetheir biometric registration would have their names expunged from the 2016/2017 list of national service personnel

The statement therefore concludes by urging all national service personnel who have not completed their biometric registration to visit the various regional registration centres to do so by Friday, 28th October, 2016.

Accra, Ghana – Thursday, September 22, 2016: The Management of the National Service Scheme says it has released new placements for the2015/2016 cohort of national service personnel who applied for the optional six months extension of service announced earlier by the Scheme.

A statement signed by the Acting Executive Director, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte says that the extension placements are mainly to public sector user agencies, educational institutions, Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies.

According to the statement, service personnel would be required to use their existing NSS numbersto print their new appointment letters from the Scheme’s website,and proceed to the various NSS regional secretariats to register before the start of the service extension on 1st October, 2016.

The statement emphasizes that service personnel who have been offered the opportunity to do the extension would be required to produce their 2015/2016 NSS I.D. cards and any other form of identification at the registration centres before they would be allowed to register.

Accra, Ghana – Tuesday, August 11, 2015: The National Service Scheme says it will no longer consider requests from service personnel for change of postings on health grounds.
According to a statement signed by the Acting Executive Director, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte, Management is overwhelmed by the seeming abuse of requests for change of postings based on one health condition or the other, which has now become the norm, even though such service personnel did not indicate on their enrolment forms prior to the postings that they had such ill-health conditions.

According to the statement, it has been observed that it was only after postings were released that some service personnel, in their bid to refuse postings, began obtaining letters from medical facilities on claims of one type of sickness or the other.

The statement emphasizes, that, service personnel who have health challenges which might hamper their ability to do the service this year have the right and are encouraged to defer their national service to next year, in order to properly take care of their health conditions.
The statement reiterates that registration will close on Tuesday, 25th August, 2015 and therefore urges all service personnel who have been deployed, to go through the process of registration and get themselves ready to begin their service from Tuesday, 1st September, 2015.

Accra, Ghana – Thursday, July 21, 2016: The Management of the National Service Scheme says it has declared the month of August, 2016, as theannual leavemonth for all 2015/2016 national service personnel prior to the official end of the service.

In a statement signed and issued in Accra, the Acting Executive Director of the Scheme, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte says notwithstanding the official end of the 2015/2016 service year in August, the Management on the advice of the Board, is also offering an optional extension of six months to service personnel still at duty post who wish to be redeployed for additional duties in the extension period.

According to the statement, only current service personnel who opt for the extension and apply online at www.nss.gov.gh will be considered for the redeployment.

The statement further notes that redeployment of personnel for the purposes of the extension will be mainly to public sector user agencies including educational institutions especially schools, the National Commission for Civic Education, Electoral Commission, and various units and departments within the District Assemblies across the country.

Dr. Kpessa-Whyte urged service personnel who are willing to gain additional work experience through service by working with different user agencies,to visit the Scheme’s website and apply before Friday, August 19, 2016.

Accra, Ghana – Wednesday, July 22, 2015: The Management of the National Service Scheme says the 2014/2015 national year comes to an end on Monday, August 31, 2015. The annual terminal leave therefore begins from Monday, August 3, 2015. However, national service personnel teaching in schools that are still in session will continue working till vacation.

A statement signed by the Acting Executive Director of the Scheme, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte, says that, to mark the end of the service year for the exit of the current batch of national service personnel, Wednesday, 28th July, 2015, dubbed “A Day of Gratitude”, has been set aside for a short ceremony at the Burma Hall in Accra for the Scheme and the State to express gratitude to all national service personnel for the period of selfless and devoted service to the nation.

According to the statement, appeals have also gone to user agencies who have offered opportunities to national service personnel to serve with them, to use the day to express their gratitude to the service personnel as they exit into the world of work.

The statement further says that under the theme, “NSS: Meeting Community Needs”, national service personnel will also use the opportunity to express their gratitude to the State and user agencies for the opportunities offered them to serve their country in various capacities.

The statement therefore requests all user agencies to release national service personnel working in their respective institutions to fully participate in the programme.