The Parliament of Ghana has approved the National Service Authority Bill, which now awaits the President’s final approval. Once enacted, this legislation will elevate the National Service Scheme to the status of an Authority, granting it autonomy to manage its operations independently.
In a press statement, Osei Assibey Antwi, the Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, expressed gratitude to Parliament for passing the bill. He underscored that this milestone will effectively address long-standing structural challenges that have hindered the scheme’s administration. Antwi emphasized that the transformation into an Authority will enable more efficient execution of its responsibilities, ultimately benefiting the nation.
Antwi remarked, “If you have a vibrant youth, if you have a youth that has a future, if you have a youth that knows where they are going, if you have a youth that has the policy to guide them, especially at this time that the current management and the board have now moved into a new direction called deployment for employment. This deployment for employment can only be enhanced with this current backing.”
He further elaborated, “Now, Parliament has given us autonomy, an authority vested with powers in areas where it will enhance entrepreneurship. With this current status, NSS can work to achieve a lot of internally-generated funds to reduce the burden on the central government, and we know the President will assent to it to give it the finality.”
