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Corporate Affairs Directorate
Our Ref. No.: PRD/PRESS/20/04
(Head Office)
Your Ref. No.: No. 46 Patrice Lumumba Road
Tel.: 0302 772 714 Airport Residential Area, Accra
Fax: 0302 769 074/ 775 421 Postal Address
Email: info@nss.gov.gh P. O. Box 46
Website: www.nss.gov.gh State House, Accra

March 16, 2020

PRESS RELEASE

PRESS STATEMENT ON COVID-19 BY THE NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME

In compliance with the address by the President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Akufo-
Addo at 10pm on Sunday March 15, 2020 in which new directives were issued on the Coronavirus
(COVID-19), Management of the Scheme by this statement announces that all activities of the Scheme
that require public gathering of its staff and National Service Personnel have been suspended till further
notice.

These include:

1. All national service posting registration activities;

2. All National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) activities;

3. The ongoing pre-service campus orientation.

As an agency mindful of the wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, Management also strongly urges all
staff and national service personnel to keep observing the basic precautionary measures that will
mitigate the spread of the virus as recommended by the Ghana Health Service and call 0558439868 or
0509497700 or toll-free line 199 in case they suspect symptoms like running nose, coughing, sneezing
and high temperature.

Management has begun providing hand sanitizers at vantage points at all NSS offices and encourage
Regional Directors and Heads of Departments to make them available at their various offices, practice
personal hygiene, avoid handshakes and observe social distancing.

To reduce human contacts, stakeholders are advised to use our online chat system and our Call
Center numbers (0554400069/ 0554400078/ 0554404422) to communicate with the Scheme.

Furthermore, Management recommend the use of the online certificate delivery system to collect
certificate instead of self-pickup.

Management of the Scheme is committed to the safety and welfare of all national service personnel
nationwide and are putting measures in place to ensure their safety and well-being.

We therefore intreat all national service personnel to be calm and abide by the directives of their user
agencies to ensure their safety in these challenging moments.

Thank you.

SIGNED.

HON. MUSTAPHA USSIF

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
SERVICE TO THE NATION