Increment of national service scheme allowances

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, for our young graduates whose

hardwork and commendable service this nation continues to recognise,

this press release is long overdue; but like I have before maintained,

the managers of the scheme and NASPA have always shared in what service

personnel consider as the frustrations of the scheme, particularly the

major one being insufficient allowances.

In that same vein and in furtherance to my earlier reference to the executive

directors' pronouncements at the just ended NASPA congress in Tamale;

and in true manifestation of the concerted efforts of government, managers and

stakeholders of the scheme and NASPA, I wish to announce to the general

public and to all service personnel that the monthly non taxable

allowances of service personnel have been increased.

Without wading

into the arithmetics, let me briefly specify that henceforth service

personnel shall receive an additional 107 Ghana cedis.

As the National Service Personnel Association, we

are highly confident that this news has been received with a warm heart;

and on my part as President, I feel very much relieved to bear this

news.

We therefore want to send our heartfelt appreciation to

the government for heeding to our cries, the National service board and

the executive director for showing such magnanimity and to all who have

shown sensitivity to the course of pressing for increment in allowances, we are very

grateful.

Meanwhile we want to assure our service personnel that

this may not be the end of our cries, we shall continue to make demands

on issues that we believe shall make the scheme a delight to all of us

in the long run.

As government continues to commit efforts into

strengthening the economy for sustainable development; let us be mindful

that all of us are involved especially as young as we are.

Let us

continue to love and serve our country and bring progress to our society

using our academic experience and God- given potentials.

Let

us also remind our leaders and our country in prayers in the hope that

Ghana would become the country all of us desire to live in.

Thank you and God bless us al.

SIGNED

VINCENT EKOW ASSAFUAH JNR.

PRESIDENT

National Service Personnel Association (NASPA)