The National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced that the allowances for service personnel for September 2023 have been released to the secretariat and are being processed for payment as soon as feasible.
In addition, the arrears from the recent upward adjustments are being processed and will be reimbursed shortly after the September allowances are paid.
The NSS provided the guarantee in a press release signed and delivered by the Executive Director, Osei Assibey Antwi, on Sunday (8 October 2023).
This comes in response to employee complaints over the payment of September allowance arrears from January to June 2023.
Attached below is a copy of the NSS press statement:
UPDATE ON NATIONAL SERVICE PERSONNEL ALLOWANCES
1. Management of the National Service Scheme has taken notice of concerns expressed by national service personnel regarding their unpaid allowances for September and arrears covering January to June, 2023 from the recent upward adjustments of their monthly allowances.
2. Management wishes to assure service personnel that allowances for September, 2023 have been released to the Scheme and are being processed for payment as soon as possible.
3. Management further wishes to assure service personnel that allowances for October and the arrears are all being processed and will be paid soon after payment of the September allowances.
4. All service personnel are therefore encouraged to exercise restraint as the normal financial processes are being adhered to for all their well-deserved allowances to be paid.
5. Management commends the patience of all service personnel in the face of the challenges they have experienced serving their country.
6. Management wishes all national service personnel well as they complete their one-year mandatory national service to the state at the end of October, 2023.
