The Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Mr. Osei Assibey Antwi has urged the new personnel posted to various user agencies, both private and public to accept their placements and work harder to improve their organizations to enhance the total development of the country.
He stressed that, since the national service exercise is service to the nation, it behooves them to exhibit their sense of patriotism and commitment to the socio-economic development of the country.
Speaking to the media after the release of the postings of the 2022/2023 personnel, Mr. Assibey Antwi said, aside from contributing to the national development growth, the postings also offers them the opportunity to put into practice the knowledge acquired in school, obtain hands-on experience to establish their own business and furthermore prepare them for the world of work.
“By this, you stand tall in dedicating your unflinching love to serve in any capacity and within any geographical location,” he said.
Additionally, he advised the service persons to desist from engaging middlemen to change their postings and rather focus on excelling at the tasks they would be assigned when they assume duty.
The admonition came on the back of the release of the postings of a total of 115,240 prospective service personnel who enrolled to undertake their mandatory national service for the 2022/2023 service year.
Caution
The NSS Executive Director said his outfit had not contracted the services of any third parties to carry out re-postings, hence those who patronise such avenues do so at their own risk.
He stressed that the Scheme does not convey information through WhatsApp platforms, saying service personnel who relied on such platforms for updates, did so at their own peril.
“There are a lot of unscrupulous and diabolical elements who are using the name of the service to do wrong things. NSS does not have any official WhatsApp group. We do not work with personnel through WhatsApp. We have a platform at our headquarters that we use to communicate with our clients”. he stressed.
He however called on the general public to disregard any information that does not come from the right source.
Mr. Assibey Antwi further urged the prospective personnel to take advantage of the service to get experience and sharpen their skills in order to enter the job market.
“The service period affords personnel the opportunity to acquaint themselves with the job environment, and also learn employable skills such as teamwork, diligence and punctuality to adequately prepare them for the permanent engagement after the service. Embrace this wholeheartedly since these skills are acquired by personnel who remain committed, and work closely with staff and management of the institutions they serve,” he advised.
Posting experience
Sharing his personal experience, Mr Assibey-Antwi recounted how unhappy he was about his posting because he felt it was a punishment.
