This figure represents 14.9% of the total number of service personnel – 77, 962. In the public sector, a total of 66,348 personnel, representing 85.1% of the total number, have been posted.
The NSS announced the postings at a press conference in Accra on Monday, 15 July 2019 in Accra. Among the personnel, some 6,000 personnel have been deployed to support the agriculture sector, including the Planting for Food and Jobs programme.
2,000 personnel have also been deployed to support the introduction of the entrepreneurship programme in poultry production with a focus on all the value chains in the sector.
The Greater Accra, Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions received very high posting requests with 29,057; 13,628, and 5, 774, respectively while the Upper East and West Regions recorded low requests, 2,385 and 1,303, respectively.
The NSS said prospective personnel are to take note that they cannot print out the appointment letters until Friday, 19 July 2019.
The registration for the postings will commence at all Regional Centres across the country from Monday, 22nd July 2019 and end on Friday, 30th August 2019.
This period is provided to give service personnel sufficient time to go through the registration processes before they formally begin their national service on Monday, 2nd September 2019.
Unlike previous years, national service personnel would be required to seek the consent of the user agency to which they are posted before submitting the final document for approval at the office(s) of the Scheme.
To avoid instances of impersonation or attempt(s) by unscrupulous persons to compromise the process, all prospective service personnel would be required to provide their students’ identification cards and any one of the following – a valid Ghanaian passport, voter identity card, or a drivers’ licence.
National Health Insurance Identity Cards are, however, not acceptable.
The management of the scheme advised prospective national service personnel to stay away from people who may approach them to offer them assistance to change their postings.
The NSS sais such unscrupulous persons should be reported to any officer of the Scheme or the law enforcement agencies for the necessary action to be taken against them.
Source: Ghana/ClassFMonline.com/91.3FM
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