The Ministry of Finance has directed the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) to give effect to the new levels of personnel allowance following the government’s approval of an upward adjustment of the monthly allowance for the National Service personnel from GHS559 to GHS715.
The increment was announced in a statement on Sunday, July 23.
All national service personnel have been told to be patient as the necessary administrative processes are being concluded to ensure that their arrears following the upward adjustment in their allowance are paid to them.
“In effect, all national service personnel who are currently in active service are entitled in arrears for the difference in the upward adjustment from January 2023 and would be paid accordingly,” a statement issued by the National Service Secretariat said.
The statement stressed, “Management, therefore, urges all national service personnel to exercise patience as the necessary administrative processes are being concluded to have all the arrears paid.”
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