The National Service Scheme (NSS) has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to quickly sign the Ghana National Service Authority Bill 2024 into law.
The move intends to provide the secretariat authority and autonomy, as stated by the NSS during the policy’s unveiling on April 15, 2024.
Osei Assibey Antwi, Executive Director of NSS, underlined the importance of strengthening, empowering, and adequately funding the National Service Scheme to govern personnel mobilization and deployment.
He made a heartfelt plea to President Akufo-Addo to approve the bill that is now before him.
According to Mr. Antwi, the new law would allow the authority to extend current initiatives like the NSS teaching model and NSS MSME accounting age.
Read Also: WN/R: Man arrested for having sex with a goat
This update would strengthen the NSS scheme’s standing as one of the finest in West Africa and the African continent for deploying service people.
“The National Service scheme beyond this policy must be strengthened, capacitated, and significantly resourced to regulate the mobilization and deployment of personnel. I strongly believe that this can be done by upgrading the scheme from its status to a more noble and standardized institution.
In this regard, I wish to make a passionate appeal to the President that the Ghana National Service Authority Bill 2024, currently before Mr. President, will be approved. Mr. President, the new law will grant the authority the opportunity to expand existing programs such as the NSS teaching model and NSS MSME accounting age.”
President Akufo-Addo, in response, urged stakeholders to help the plan achieve its goals.
He expressed optimism that, with the implementation of the revised policy paper, the NSS scheme will play an even more important role in molding Ghana’s future and encouraging the country’s youth to realize their potential.
“These interventions will solidify the NSS scheme’s position as one of the best in the West African and African region for deploying service personnel. I urge stakeholders to support the scheme in achieving its objectives. Let us embrace the new changes, focus, and face of the NSS.
I’m confident that with the implementation of this new policy document, the NSS scheme will play an even more vital role in shaping the future of our nation and empowering our youth to fulfil their potential.”
