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Stop sending NSS personnel to buy you Kofi brokeman—Alban Bagbin Alban Bagbin
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Stop sending NSS personnel to buy you Kofi brokeman—Alban Bagbin

Speaker Alban Bagbin has caution employers to stop sending National Service Personnel (NSP) to be buying them Kofi Broke man. Apexnewsgh.com report He highlighted the importance of utilizing the one-year mandatory national service period in Ghana for the development of valuable skill sets. He emphasized the need for public and private sector leaders to create an environment that allows National Service Personnel (NSP) to enhance their skills, rather than allocating them to menial tasks. During his speech at the 50th Anniversary of the National Service Scheme (NSS) in Accra, Speaker Bagbin urged institutions to refrain from treating NSPs as mere messengers and provide them with opportunities for skill development. This approach would ensure that the NSPs can contribute more effectively to the development of the nation. Bagbin emphasized the significance of making the national service period meaningful by providing NSPs with proper training and exposure to relevant tasks and projects. He encouraged organizations to prioritize skill enhancement during this period, as it would not only benefit the NSPs but also contribute to the overall growth and development of Ghana. “Please don’t be sending them to buy you Kofi brokeman, is a very critical year for their development don’t waste it. Many of them don’t even have a place to sit and they loiter around, and people treat them with contempt,” he stressed. He emphasized the significance of using this year to empower NSPs (National Service Personnel) with the essential skills to effectively compete in the modern global community. “These individuals are precious and have been entrusted to you. The one-year period is meant for you to shape them. We are now in a highly competitive global village,” he remarked. Speaker Bagbin encouraged organizations to acknowledge the worth of NSPs and the potential they bring to the workforce. He urged them to offer opportunities for skill enhancement and personal growth during the national service period. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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41,000 ghost names consumed ¢400m of taxpayers’ money – Bawumia
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41,000 ghost names consumed ¢400m of taxpayers’ money – Bawumia

Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed that Ghana has lost GHS400 million of taxpayers’ money to some 41,000 non-existent names on the payrolls of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) as well as the National Service Scheme (NSS). He said: “14,000 ghost names were recently found at the National Service because there was no unique identity”, Dr Bawumia said, adding: “Just a couple of days ago, SSNIT found 27,000 ghost names, and they were being paid GH¢327 million”. “Just these two institutions have cost us over GH¢400 million”, he observed at the 2021 Civil Service Awards Night in Accra. Dr Bawumia said the Ghana card, thus, presents the best opportunity to get rid of ghost names on payrolls. He, therefore, insisted that he would choose the card over 1000 interchanges. “It seems my Ghana card statement was misinterpreted. I want people to think about it critically. For the first time in our history, we have a unique identity system which is biometric, and, so, we can identify individuals.” “With this, the case of ghost names on our public sector system will become a thing of the past.”

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Navrongo: NSS Secretariat accused of extorting money from service personnel NSS LOGO
Opinion

Navrongo: NSS Secretariat accused of extorting money from service personnel

The officials of the National Service Scheme (NSS) Secretariat in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality have been accused of extorting money from NSS personnel undertaking their 1 year mandatory national service in the municipality. According to some aggrieved service personnel, NSS personnel in the municipality are made to pay an amount of GH¢5 before their monthly evaluation forms are received and endorsed by officials of the municipal NSS secretariat. Personnel who refused to pay the amount being demanded are said to have had their forms rejected and risk not receiving their monthly allowance of GH¢559. This comes on the back of demands by service personnel for an increase in the monthly allowance paid to them. NSS personnel are currently paid an amount of GH¢559 as monthly allowance. But this, the personnel argued, is not enough to match up to the rising cost of living in the country. They have, therefore, appealed to government to consider increasing their monthly allowance so as to enable them meet their basic needs. NSS personnel in the country have not seen an increase in their allowance for the past 4 years. The allowance was increased from GH¢350 to GH¢559 in April, 2017 and has since remained unadjusted. —Dreamsfm Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

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CONFIRMED: NSS allowance for September & October 2020 duly paid
Education

CONFIRMED: NSS allowance for September & October 2020 duly paid

The National Service Scheme has announced that allowance for September and October has been duly paid to 2020/2021 service personnel. This was made known on the Facebook page of the scheme some few hours ago. According to the secretariat, National Service Personnel can either visit a bank or an ezwich vendor to load funds. Since service Personnel are entitled to a monthly allowance of GH¢599.00, the scheme is doing it maximum best to pay prospective service personnel early in the month in order to cushion them in their course work to have the appetite to give out their best. However, due to one reason or the other, there have been delay in payment of such allowances and for that, personnel are urged to exercise patience as their monthly stipends will surely hit their accounts. Source: Nana Kwame Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications

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JUST IN: Check whether your annual evaluation form has been submitted- NSS to 2019 National Service Personnels
Education

JUST IN: Check whether your annual evaluation form has been submitted- NSS to 2019 National Service Personnels

Apexnewsgh.com has it that in recent times, the National Service Scheme asked 2019 group of trained teachers to make their annual evaluation form available to their various district offices  to enable the processing of their NSS certificate. However, after submitting your form to the NSS district office, you are still not sure whether your form has been submitted to the head office or not. Please do not disturb yourself about that anymore Apexnewsgh.com is with you. In order to be sure, all National Service Personnel are encouraged to continue checking from their NSS portal and make sure their forms have been submitted accurately. Here are the steps to make sure your form have been submitted. Follow the procedure below to check the status of your annual evaluation forms Visit your NSS dashboard @ Portal.nss.gov.gh Select sign in as personnel Enter your email address and password Scroll down to annual submission status You will see Change Request Approved. From there it means your Annual Evaluation has been Submitted or not, if it has been submitted you will see Annual Evaluation Submitted. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/ Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications.

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