The National Service Secretariat has directed all national service personnel under the scheme to take mandatory paid- annual leave effective Thursday, 25th March, 2020 till the end of April.
The directive also covers all newly posted nurses who are due to start national service April 2020 to take the month of April 2020 as a terminal leave.
In a press released that was signed by the excecutive director of the National Service Secetarait, Hon. Mustapha Ussif director, stated that the move has become necessary as a result of president Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo’s precautionary directive on COVID-19 which is been adhered across the country by all stakeholders
The mandatory leave replaces the annual terminal leave granted to all national service personnel under the NSS ACT 426, which is the last month of their service period.This means personnel will be at post in the last month of national service.
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