Update On The Payment Of NSS January Allowance

The Acting Head of Corporate Affairs of the National Service Scheme, Ambruce Entsiwah Junior has given an update on the payment of the NSS January, 2023 Allowance.

In an interview on Citi News, Mr Ambruce Entsiwah assured that outstanding January allowances will be paid by the end of this week while that of February and March will be processed.

“With regard to the delays in payment of allowances, we have paid November and December 2022 already. As I speak to you now, processes are being completed. By close of this week, we will pay them the January allowance. We have got releases for January,” he assured.

He said though the country is going through some challenges, they will ensure that personnel are paid whenever allowance approval is made.

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“Every Ghanaian accepts the fact that we have economic challenges. But these things should not necessarily affect us, because prior to this year we submitted our budget for the year, and we have had approval from Parliament. Based on the number of service personnel we were projecting to deploy. We know the numbers from the final year students’ list that we receive from the accredited institutions. So we submit this figure with our budget line. The releases are made to us on a quarterly basis,” he explained.

Ambruce Entsiwah Junior further added that there are ongoing discussions to increase national service allowance from the current GH¢559

“There have been very positive discussions on this matter, in fact, the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) leadership has raised this matter on several occasions. Our executive director has also on a number of occasions discussed this matter in detail with other stakeholders. I’m aware that the matter has even gone before the board and is generally being discussed for approval”.

Acting Head of Corporate Affairs of NSS added, “the board cannot give the approval without the explicit permission and approval from the ministry of finance, that is the level the discussion has reached. It’s our hope that we will get approval from the ministry. When the ministry also gets the approval from cabinet we will be able to implement what the state can afford to pay”.