National service or national “suffering”

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• Conventional Youth 12 years ago

  Come to think of it, you pay a graduate under GHC 250.00 a month! For God’s sake this amount is what someone can spend just for lunch or even more. Do you really know the economic condition in Ghana? Have you recently check ...
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  Come to think of it, you pay a graduate under GHC 250.00 a month! For God’s sake this amount is what someone can spend just for lunch or even more. Do you really know the economic condition in Ghana? Have you recently checked the prices of food, transport and other services following the hike in fuel prices? Let’s do a simple mathematics here.
  If it costs me about GHC 5.00 a day to feed, that makes about GHC 150.00 a month. I pay about GHC 35.00 for rent – that is even on the low side, I spend about GHC 60 to and from my service station, these add up to about GHC 245.00 a month. Bills and other miscellaneous costs have not been covered. Do you expect the fresh graduate, who is yet to make any money to go borrow and start off in the debt cycle?

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• KWASI IN EUROPE 12 years ago

  Mr, nice article. My daughter is to do her National Service now. She went to her new post and the boss says the stamp to be used to stamp her appointment letter for onward submission is LOST. She is back home. No wonder some ...
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  Mr, nice article. My daughter is to do her National Service now. She went to her new post and the boss says the stamp to be used to stamp her appointment letter for onward submission is LOST. She is back home. No wonder some say satan created the black man.

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• Nii-Baah 12 years ago

  Oh! How enthused I was about going to the village I was posted to serve my nation! Now I'm torn between the devil and the deep blue sea.

  Oh! How enthused I was about going to the village I was posted to serve my nation! Now I'm torn between the devil and the deep blue sea.

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• Nana Essandoh. 12 years ago

  Well done patriotic citizen. I humbly pray our authorities implement the ideas you have given. Bless you.

  Well done patriotic citizen. I humbly pray our authorities implement the ideas you have given. Bless you.

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• sam 12 years ago

  my good comrade u are right,even with meager amount they would not pay on time for u to effect ur bills. the district directors invest the money to excess profits and to embezzle ur allowance if you fail at a certain number o ...
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  my good comrade u are right,even with meager amount they would not pay on time for u to effect ur bills. the district directors invest the money to excess profits and to embezzle ur allowance if you fail at a certain number of days. i have had my share of it in ga west. we were denied our transport allowances for 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 service years and i think that has been the norm since then, so my brother u are perfectly right.

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• People 12 years ago

  Just hope it will get into there head and necessary actions taken.

  Just hope it will get into there head and necessary actions taken.

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• THE MASK 12 years ago

  To add insult to injury, many don't even get their allowances for months on end.
  FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT!

  To add insult to injury, many don't even get their allowances for months on end.
  FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT!

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• Atewin- NSPws 12 years ago

  Dear bro. you are the voice of the voiceless a hero and a goodsamaritan to us(NSP). You have spoken our voice perfectly. I accepted the popular saying "National suffering" that is true when I became victim. On monday 9th sept ...
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  Dear bro. you are the voice of the voiceless a hero and a goodsamaritan to us(NSP). You have spoken our voice perfectly. I accepted the popular saying "National suffering" that is true when I became victim. On monday 9th sept we sent our postings form to be endorsed by regional director of NSS we suffered in a long queue and closed late in the evening and I had to sleep under the mercy of mosquitos. At point 3 on the letter the allowance stated is GHC 243.48 then ask myself are the NSS awear of increase in the cost of living in Ghana? thus transportation; rent and food. so why NSP work on empty stomuch after spending on rent n transportation to worksite. It means NSS is not concern with the comfort of NSP. But remember Ghana is ours and we must handle it wit care. NOTE NSS Quality things are exPensive so if you want quality work spend on workers. Else our graduates are likely to seek greener pastures else where. It will be a great lose to Ghana. Let them feel greener pastures in our motherland Ghana. Please ursher us well into the field of work

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• Didam Frank. 12 years ago

  I humbly agree with you.

  I humbly agree with you.

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• Agyei Thomas 12 years ago

  we can go about uncovering all these ills in the scheme but the end result will be a ''death ear'' to our call.Imagine i have to pay 600cedis as my rent in Obuasi and in no better place than a primary school.lts absolutely in ...
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  we can go about uncovering all these ills in the scheme but the end result will be a ''death ear'' to our call.Imagine i have to pay 600cedis as my rent in Obuasi and in no better place than a primary school.lts absolutely insane.l will play hide and seek till its over.FUCK NATIONAL SERVICE!!!!

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• Perez 11 years ago

  I couldn't agree more.

  I couldn't agree more.

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