The Scheme, NSS has promised the payment of the allowance due to Service personnel this month.
The Acting Head of Corporate Affairs of NSS, Ambruce Entsiwah Junior in a media (Citi News interview) disclosed that the government has release the fund meant for NSS Service personnel. Also, he said the allowance will be paid this week.
“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,” he explained.
When Mr. Ambruce Entsiwah Junior was queried on the payment of the NSS allowance, he said, the January allowance will be paid by the close of this week.
He added further that the Scheme has paid November and December allowance already and promised that processing of details are in progress. The fund will be disbursed at the right time.
On the matter of NSS allowance increment, he spoke detailing inside information saying
“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,” Ambruce Entsiwah Junior reveals to to the media.
Source: Blowgrade.com