Grand Accra and Ashanti top 2019 missions at NSS – Director

General News of Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Source: primenewsghana.com

2019-07-16

The National Services Program Executive Director, NSS Mustapha Ussif, said three regions of the country had recruited a very high number of staff in this year's badignments (2019/2020).

According to him, the regions of Greater Accra, Ashanti and North had the highest rates compared to the regions of the Upper East and Upper West, which recorded low numbers. posts.

In 2019-20, approximately 77,962 national service personnel were deployed across the country in all sectors. Of these, 66,348 persons, or 85.1% of all badignments, were deployed in the public sector, while the private sector recruited 11,614 persons, or 14.9% of the total.

As a result, a total of 6,000 people have been deployed to support the agricultural sector, including the Plant for Food and Employment (PFJ) policy.

At a press conference to announce the positions in Accra yesterday, the executive director of the National Services Program (NSS), Mr. Mustapha Ussif, said:

"The regions of Greater Accra, North and Ashanti have received a very high number of display requests, while the two upper regions, Upper East and Upper West, have had low demand, but are working to strengthen the workforce in these two regions with late registrations and publications. "

Ussif added that 2,000 staff had also been seconded to support the recently introduced NSS poultry entrepreneurship program, which covered the entire value chain of poultry production.

Registrations, he said, will begin in every regional center in the country from Monday, 22 July to Friday, 20 August.

He indicated that the deadline had been set for service staff to have sufficient time to follow the registration procedures before formally starting on 2 September.

Mr. Ussif stated that all service personnel were required to provide the student's ID card and any valid national ID card in order to prevent identity theft or "attempted attempts". by unscrupulous people to compromise the process. "

However, the NHS manager indicated that staff needed to make an appointment on the program website before going to the designated registration centers, adding that staff who would come to the NHS centers would have to make an appointment. registration without a letter of appointment would be refused. .

Mr. Ussif also urged service personnel not to approach people who may be asked to badist them in changing badignments, noting that they should be reported to any officer of the system or to the forces. order that the necessary measures be taken against them.