Also known as: NSA
National Service Authority — government organization that administers Ghana's national service programme, recently released PIN codes for 2026/2027 intake and received GH¢40m for military training.
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Joy Online
The National Service Authority (NSA) has set Friday, August 14, as the deadline for defaulters and private candidates to apply for PIN codes for the 2026/2027 national service year. …
NSA sets August 14 deadline for defaulters, private candidates to apply for service PIN codesDaily Guide
… She received an undisclosed cash prize from the Atwima Kwanwoma Municipal Director of the National Service Authority, Francis Eduful, in recognition of her exceptional display. …
Atwima Kwanwoma NASPA Promotes Unity Through SportsJoy Online
… UNFPA Ghana implements the programme in collaboration with the National Service Authority. …
Dr Hounton lauds UNFPA Ghana’s YoLe initiative, commits to promoting it beyond AfricaJoy Online
… The UN official said the National Service Authority provides young people with valuable exposure and their first experience of employment, describing the initiative as a cost-effective way of developing national human capital. …
West, Central Africa UNFPA Director describes Ghana’s National Service model as a blueprint for AfricaJoy Online
… Many members of the 2025/26 service year say they clicked the “Cancel” button on the National Service Authority’s (NSA) online portal, believing they had successfully withdrawn from the subscription. …
When thousands can’t opt out: The broken system behind national service cloth deductionsJoy Online
Deputy Director of the National Service Authority, Lieutenant Colonel Moses Kpeungu, says the investigation is ongoing following complaints from some national service personnel over deductions from their meagre monthly allowances. …
NSS investigating GH¢60 allowance deductions as refund decision awaits probe outcomeJoy Online
… Director-General of the National Service Authority, Moses Doknach Kpeungu, disclosed that 99,508 national service personnel had been deployed across the country, including nurses. …
GH¢4.2m deducted from National Service Personnel allowances for now-suspended training programmeJoy Online
The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has called on the leadership of the National Service Authority (NSA) to discontinue the ongoing capacity-building programme and refund deductions made from the allowances of national service …
‘Abrogate the contract, refund deducted funds’ – Sulemana Braimah tells NASPAJoy Online
… ts newly elected regional executives and gathered feedback from personnel to better understand the issues surrounding the deduction and the level of consultation before the programme was implemented. “Based on this progress, NASPA formally requested the National Service Authority …
NASPA clarifies GH¢60 deduction, says fee was meant to be GH¢15 monthlyJoy Online
… Read Also: National Service Authority denies authorising allowance deductions, says NASPA approved GH¢60 charge “We believe that the package represented value for money, especially considering the potential return on investment in terms of your future employability. …
NASPA suspends capacity building programme after concerns over allowance deductionsThe Minister for Youth Development and Empowerment urged young Ghanaians to share challenges they face and propose solutions to inform government policies. The National Youth Forum 2026 at UPSA brought together youth, government officials, and youth-focused institutions to discuss employment, entrepreneurship, skills development, national service, and school-to-work transition.
21 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Minister for Youth Development and Empowerment urged young Ghanaians to share challenges they face and propose solutions to inform government policies. The National Youth Forum 2026 at UPSA brought together youth, government officials, and youth-focused institutions to discuss employment, entrepreneurship, skills development, national service, and school-to-work transition.
21 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Minister George Opare Addo opened the National Youth Forum 2026 at UPSA in Accra, bringing together young people and heads of youth-focused agencies to discuss challenges and opportunities. The forum provided a platform for youth to raise concerns and propose solutions, with agency heads outlining available programmes.
20 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Service Authority has received GH¢40 million from the government to begin basic military training for National Service personnel, announced at the inaugural National Youth Forum. The programme aims to equip personnel with skills in discipline, resilience, and other areas of basic military training.
20 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Minister for Youth Development and Empowerment, George Opare Addo, will lead a national engagement with young Ghanaians on Wednesday, August 19, at the 2026 National Youth Forum in Accra, where youth will raise concerns and share ideas on issues affecting their lives and future.
18 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Service Authority has established a Special Registration Help Desk at its Accra headquarters to help prospective national service personnel resolve discrepancies between their Ghana Card details and tertiary institution records. Officials from the National Identification Authority and Ghana Publishing Company will assist with corrections, including name gazetting where needed.
18 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The government has launched several skills development and employment programmes—including an expanded National Apprenticeship Programme, Labour Exchange Programme, Domestic Care Economy initiative, and GRiCS programme—aimed at equipping young Ghanaians with sustainable livelihood opportunities. Minister George Opare-Addo announced the initiatives at the 2026 National Youth Conference at KNUST in Kumasi.
13 August 2026 · Daily Guide →
The National Service Authority has suspended deployment of graduates from 13 tertiary institutions after verifying with the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission that they lack accreditation. The affected institutions had submitted graduating student names for deployment but were found to be unaccredited.
13 August 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
The National Service Authority has released PIN codes for 121,754 prospective national service personnel for the 2026/2027 service year. Online registration opened Wednesday, August 12, 2026, and closes August 26.
12 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Service Authority has withheld PIN codes for 22,269 prospective national service personnel over unresolved identity verification issues, out of 144,023 submissions from tertiary institutions for the 2026/2027 National Service Year. The Authority approved 122,712 submissions but released PIN codes to only 121,754 unique persons after passing validation and verification processes.
12 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Service Authority has halted deployment of graduates from 13 tertiary institutions after the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission verified they lack current accredited status. The 13 institutions were identified following a verification exercise requested by the NSA.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Service Authority has set Friday, August 14 as the deadline for defaulters and private candidates to apply for PIN codes for the 2026/2027 national service year. Eligible applicants include those who completed tertiary education but could not enrol in previous years, including private candidates with certified credentials and Ghanaian citizens who studied abroad.
6 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Atwima Kwanwoma Municipal branch of the National Service Personnel Association organised a sports and games festival to promote unity and teamwork among national service personnel. The event featured football, ludo, dame, oware and cards, with a novelty football match between the Red Team and Blue Team resulting in a 4-1 victory for the Red Team.
28 July 2026 · Daily Guide →
The UN Population Fund's Regional Director for West and Central Africa pledged to promote UNFPA Ghana's Youth Leaders Fellowship Programme (YoLe) across Africa, describing it as a unique comprehensive model combining youth leadership development, national service, and academic advancement that sets it apart from similar initiatives on the continent.
28 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The United Nations Population Fund Regional Director for West and Central Africa has described Ghana's National Service model as a comprehensive youth development programme that combines national service, academic development, and skills advancement, and could serve as a model for other African countries.
28 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Thousands of National Service Personnel report that clicking "Cancel" on the NSA's online portal failed to process their requests to opt out of National Service Personnel Association cloth subscriptions, leaving them enrolled with continuing deductions. Some personnel say they did not subscribe and claim the cloth is useless.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Service Secretariat is investigating deductions from the allowances of national service personnel under the Capacity Building Programme, with a refund decision pending the probe's outcome. Between 50,000 and 52,000 service personnel were affected by the deductions.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
About GH¢4.2 million has been deducted from the allowances of national service personnel deployed to government institutions to fund a capacity-building programme that has since been suspended. Each affected national service person had GH¢60 deducted from their May allowance, representing a GH¢15 monthly deduction over four months.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Sulemana Braimah, Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa, has called on the National Service Authority to end its capacity-building programme and refund deductions made from national service personnel allowances, citing concerns including a GH¢60 capacity-building charge and findings from a forensic audit that identified unsupported payments of GH¢9,276,535.00 to the National Service Personnel Association without formal agreements.
21 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Service Personnel Association clarified that a GH¢60 deduction from service personnel allowances was intended to be spread over four months at GH¢15 per month to cover a training programme, but the full amount was deducted at once, prompting criticism from personnel who said they were not adequately consulted.
21 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Service Personnel Association has suspended its capacity-building programme following complaints from national service personnel over GH¢60 deductions from their monthly allowances to fund the initiative. NASPA said the deductions were made without adequate consultation, though the association believed the programme offered value for future employability.
21 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has called on the National Service Authority Director-General to reverse deductions from national service personnel allowances to fund a compulsory capacity-building programme with Zeus Atlas, arguing the deductions are illegal and the one-size-fits-all training is inappropriate for over 70,000 graduates with diverse backgrounds.
21 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Service Authority says it did not authorise deductions from national service personnel's allowances, stating that a GH¢60 deduction for capacity building was approved by the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA). National service personnel have complained about various deductions from their GH¢715 monthly allowance without prior notification or consent, citing insufficient funds for basic expenses.
21 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Nine of the NDC's 24 national executives hold full-time government positions and were required to resign by June to seek re-election in December 2026 elections, but none have publicly confirmed resignation, raising questions over party compliance with its governance rules.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Democratic Congress has let its six-month resignation deadline expire for government appointees seeking to contest party positions in the December 2026 internal elections. The requirement, announced on January 29, 2026, mandated that party members holding ministerial, executive, and local government posts resign at least six months before filing nominations, though board positions were exempted.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The case management conference in the criminal trial of former NSA Director-General Osei Assibey Antwi was suspended on July 13, 2026, after his counsel raised concerns that the prosecution had filed a large volume of documents without page numbers, making them difficult to reference during proceedings.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Eric Nyarko, former Head of Accounts at the National Service Authority, testified in court that he neither generated nor approved data used in the ADB-NSA hire purchase scheme, saying the data originated from the Authority's IT consultant and was transmitted under instructions from the accused, Gifty Oware-Aboagye.
25 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A prosecution witness in the trial of former NSA Deputy Director-General Gifty Oware-Mensah admitted under cross-examination that he has no evidence to support claims that the accused used his Ghana Card to register a company. The witness also acknowledged not knowing when the company in question, Blocks of Life Consult Limited, was incorporated, and could not respond when defence counsel established the company was registered in April 2016, before the witness obtained his Ghana Card in 2020.
23 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Service Authority has announced postings for 18,617 nurses and midwives who passed the August/September 2025 Licensure Examination and are required to undertake mandatory national service starting July 1, 2026. Candidates must access their postings via the NSA portal and complete regional validation by July 10, 2026.
22 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Attorney General has filed more disclosures and witness statements in the trial of former National Service Authority Executive Director Osei Assibey Antwi, who faces charges including stealing and money laundering. The trial judge adjourned the case to June 29 for case management, and the defence has applied to unfreeze the accused's accounts.
17 June 2026 · Daily Guide →
Two citizens have petitioned President John Mahama to investigate government officials who allegedly paid money ranging between GH¢25,000 and GH¢50,000 to receive awards at the 6th Ghana Ministers of State Excellence Awards held in Accra on June 6, 2026.
10 June 2026 · Daily Guide →