NSS allowance increased to GH¢715

Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has said it has secured government’s approval for upward adjustment of monthly allowances for national service personnel from GH¢599.04 to GH¢715.57.

In a release dated July 18, 2023, and signed by the Deputy Minister for Finance, Abena Osei Opare, it said the approval and increment came as a result of a series of engagements between the National Service Scheme, Fair Wages, and Salary Commission, and the Ministry of Finance.

The release also directed the Controller and Accountant-General to give effect to the new levels of the personnel allowances.

It also stated that “In effect, all National Service Personnel who are currently are entitled to arrears for the difference in the upward adjustment from January 2023, and would be paid accordingly.”

Below is the statement from NSS

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