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National Service – Stringent Entry Requirements At Tullow Oil Could Leave You Stranded If You Can't Pass Their Review Process – Even Though You Were Posted There

08/1/2017 5:26 pm

As if there weren’t enough obstacles to carrying out this so-called ‘national service’ – some unlucky service personnel would even find themselves ‘bounced’ from the institutions they have been posted to by the Scheme.
Registration itself is a wahala, which includes standing in long queues and now even getting assaulted – but even completing all those stages does not a guarantee you a service post with some companies.

NSS Apologises To Service Personnel Brutalised By Military Officers During Registration Process

07/26/2017 8:30 am

by Nii Smiley Byte, Managing Editor

The management of the National Service Scheme has rendered an apology to personnel who were brutalised Monday by military officers as they tried to register for the scheme.
In a statement, the scheme described the incident as ‘regrettable’ and extended its apologies to the brutalised personnel as well as to the general public.

Government Approves Increasing NSS ‘Alawa’ To Ghc 559

03/30/2017 1:46 pm

by Nii Smiley Byte, Managing Editor

The government has approved the increment of the National Service allowances from Ghc 350 to Ghc 559.

The former NDC government made the decision for the increment just before leaving office, leading to it being described as a political decision aimed at tying the hands of the incoming government.

National Service Scheme Adds Six Months To Service Period

07/22/2016 6:35 am

by Nii Smiley Byte, Managing Editor

The Ghana National Service Scheme has announced a new module wherein service personell can decide to stay on for an additional six months at the end of their one year mandatory service if they desire.
In a statement issued by the organisation and signed by its acting director, Michael Kpessa-Whyte, service personnel intent on taking on the voluntary service period would be required to register on the website of the scheme for their eventual reassignments.

Ghana’s National Service Scheme – One Year of the State Wasting the Valuable Time of Young Graduates

06/21/2016 6:57 pm

by Chris-Vincent Agyapong, Founding Editor

There are many things wrong with this country we call Ghana, mostly from deeply embedded systemic issues, issues that are so ingrained that one wouldn’t even know where to begin solving them.
Despite such a broken system which leads to suffering for the citizenry, most of who are unable to enjoy the opportunities available to the elite, they are very few social safety nets. A social safety net is a government program that aims to mitigate the problems of the less fortunate, such as unemployment or welfare benefits. Such a system is a dream for a country like Ghana, despite us having more resources per capita than many nations worldwide that actually have such systems.

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