The National Service Scheme (NSS) has extended the deadline for registration of PIN codes to Monday, August 22, 2022, for prospective personnel to register and undertake their mandatory national service for the 2022/2023 service year.
This was contained in a statement signed and issued by the Director of Corporate Affairs of the Scheme, Armstrong Essah.
According to him, the extension of the deadline is to give an opportunity to the prospective NSS persons who faced challenges during the registration process to have ample time to complete their registration.
“It must be noted that prospective national service personnel include eligible Ghanaian final year students from all accredited tertiary institutions, defaulters who submitted their application and private registrants,” the statement noted.
To this end, the Scheme has urged all prospective service personnel to take advantage of the extension to do the needful.
“All prospective national service personnel are hereby requested to take advantage of this extension to access their PIN Codes with their respective Index Numbers and Date of Birth on the Scheme’s website, www.nss.gov.gh and then proceed to any Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) Ltd. branch throughout the country to make a payment of GH₵40.00. Alternatively, personnel can use the option of MTN Mobile Money payment of GH₵41.00 to activate their PIN Codes,” the Scheme said.
User agency request
Meanwhile, the Scheme has announced to private corporate organisations, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), educational institutions, hospitals, security agencies and all those interested in hosting service personnel in the 2022/ 2023 service year to put in formal requests to the Scheme.
The Scheme said the requests must be submitted on official letterheads with official addresses, emails, phone numbers and locations of the organisations.
“The National Service Scheme (NSS) has begun the processes for the deployment of prospective national service personnel to various sectors across the country. In view of this, the NSS Management hereby announces for the information of the general public that the Scheme has started receiving requests from user agencies for service personnel to be posted to their organisations,” a directive issued last week announced.
The Scheme
The statement indicated the Scheme, as mandated by the Act of Parliament, deploys graduates from accredited tertiary institutions to support the development efforts of both the public and private sectors as part of their civic responsibilities to the state.
“Cognizant of the manpower shortfalls of most private sector entities, the NSS Management encourages private organisations that require the services of our national service personnel to augment their human resource needs to take advantage of this window,” it urged.
Portions of the statement explained that user agencies are to indicate the number of service personnel required as well as specify the desired academic/professional qualifications.
“User agencies that have any special needs are advised to contact the NSS Secretariat for discussions on their requests. The Management of NSS urges all user agencies to submit their requests to the National Service Scheme before Friday, August 19, 2022,” the Scheme stipulated.
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