Osei Assibey Antwi – NSS Boss
The National Service Secretariat (NSS) has debunked claims that it is owing personnel unpaid allowances.
According to NSS, it has paid all service personnel their allowances in arrears.
This follows a group called Coalition of Suffering National Service Personnel who demonstrated over the non-payment of allowances.
The group mentioned that albeit the high cost of living in the country, some of them are yet to receive their allowances since they began their national service in October 2021.
However, according to the National Service Secretariat, they do not owe any service personnel their allowances.
Speaking on the matter, Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Gifty Oware Mensah indicated that “Categorically, the National Service Secretariat does not owe any service person any allowance as we speak. Per our system, April is the month that has just ended, and that allowance has been paid and so if there is anything to be paid, it’s that of May, and it is being processed to be paid.
“We have never defaulted in any of these processes. We do not owe arrears. I am putting it on record that, NSS does not owe a single personnel who has cleared his or her processes for payment.”
By Vincent Kubi