Minister of Information Kojo Oppong has assured Ghanaians that the NSS would not be Scrapped

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 Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has assured that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential aspirant Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will not scrap the National Service Scheme when elected rather he will restructure the scheme.

While speaking in Accra on Wednesday concerning his vision for the country,the NPP flagbearer Dr.Mahamudu Bawumia unveiled plans to make the service optional when he becomes president in the upcoming general elections.

Meanwhile, the Information Minister has also gave assurance to Ghanaian youth seeking employment that they will not be denied jobs because they haven’t completed national service.

According to his statement,he said “NSS will stay, he’s not saying he’s going to abolish NSS. He’s saying that if you get a job, and you are being denied that job because you haven’t done the mandatory national service, he’s going to take that clause out.

If you get a job and the employer is willing to take that job, the employer is not compelled to say that because you haven’t done national service, he should not give you the job.

It does mean that this training and learning and growing of culture is gone, it’s still there. You will not be denied a job because you haven’t done national service,” he said.

Dr.Clement Apaak, Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, has also expressed displeasure over Dr.Bawumia’s proposal to make the one-year mandatory National Service optional will only create opportunities for bribery and corruption to flourish he said.