Some National Service personnel are calling on the scheme’s managers to pay their allowances that have been in arrears for about five months.
They say their allowances have not been paid since October 2021.
According to them, even though the GH¢559 allowance is inadequate, an early disbursement would mitigate the economic hardship they are currently facing.
Some affected persons, who spoke to Citi News, explained that they are currently facing serious financial challenges because of the delay in payment of their allowances.
“From where I stay to where I was posted, the distance is far, and I pick three vehicles before I get to work. I started working in October [2021] and now we are in March, and I have not received any money from them,” one of the personnel lamented.
Another person said, “I haven’t received any allowance. I pick a car from the house to the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange and walk from there to my workplace. This is because if I take another car from the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, it means I will not get money to pick a car back home. Getting money for basic things is now a problem.”
Meanwhile, some National Service personnel want the government to consider an increment in the monthly allowances.
They said the current monthly allowance of GH¢559 is not enough to match up to the rising cost of living in the country.
Some personnel also took to social media to express their grievances:
So as them no pay the NSS money nu how them dey expect we say make we come work? Make we fly???
— DEAN OF STUDENTS (@joshuakaku01) March 16, 2022
So with the increase in fuel prices.
How are NSS personnel coping with the Gh¢ 559.What do we do to help?
— Dzidula Churchill 🦍🦁💪🏾🔥 🐐 (@Simply_miles8) March 16, 2022
It’s pretty shameful that we’re here celebrating Ghana’s independence yet NSS personnel have not been paid since December 2021. They’ve made several appeals to directors of the scheme yet to no avail. Such a disgrace
— Ms. H 💕 (@Simply_hephie) March 7, 2022
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So the Chief of Staff Hon. Frema Opare haven’t heard or see that NSS, NABCO, Nursing and Trainees allowances haven’t been paid for months now, youth are depressed and frustrated with high costs of living. God save mother Ghana 🇬🇭
— Zekay- Ⓐmasaman (@zekayvibes) March 15, 2022
So is the Ghana 🇬🇭 government aware that NSS allowance for January and February hasn’t been paid but prices of goods are being increased everyday #nssallowance #nss @gyaigyimii @NAkufoAddo @erktomeHR
— KASA GH 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 (@motionHR) March 11, 2022