A group calling itself the Concerned National Service Personnel, have expressed their disgust over the just ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) elections aftermath.

They have expressed their disappointment in the actions of the Deputy Director in charge of the Scheme, saying that they woke up to see that the official page of the NSS, which is supposed to be non-partisan, has been used to congratulate Nana Boakye, who just won the National Youth Organiser of the ruling party.

In a Press Statement,  they added that, the congratulatory message has been subsequently been pulled from the Official page of NSS, but they are however demanding for an unqualified apology from the Scheme.

The group has further called for the resignation of Nana Boakye, as a Deputy Drector in charge of Operations.

It read, "We, the CONCERNED NATIONAL SERVICE PERSONNEL are by this, calling for the immediate resignation from office by Henry Nana Boakye as the Deputy Director of the National service Scheme. We call on the President, His Excellency, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo to give full effect to his commitment to Mobilizing EVERY Ghanaian citizen towards the project of Nation building by immediately terminating the appointment of Nana Boakye, whose public comments and conduct threaten the core objective of the Ghana national service Scheme of encouraging the spirit of national service among ALL segments of Ghanaian society in the effort of nation -building through active participation and Promote national unity and strengthening the bonds of common citizenship among Ghanaians. Thank you".

It has also called for an independent investigation into the using of NSS postings as bait to influence TESCON Presidents to vote for Nana Boakye.

It stated, "Ladies and Gentleman, our fears have been further heightened by information we have picked from the just ended NPP national delegates conference that, Nana B used NSS postings as a bait to cajole various TESCON Presidents who were delegates in the Youth elections to vote for him as the Youth organizer of their party, promising to post them to their "preferred institutions and regions of choice". We, the CONCERNED NATIONAL SERVICE PERSONNEL demand an independent investigation into this allegation of vote buying using National service postings as a bait."

Below is the full statement...

Press release

Tuesday, 10th July 2018

POLITICIZATION OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME; NANA BOAKYE MUST RESIGN OR BE FIRED- CONCERNED NATIONAL SERVICE PERSONNEL

We, the members of the CONCERNED NATIONAL  SERVICE PERSONNEL, a group of young Ghanaian graduates currently undertaking our civic and mandatory service to the Nation have noted with great worry and regret, the unfortunate polarization of the National Service Scheme under the current leadership, a development, we find inimical to the very essence and objective of the Scheme.

The Ghana National Service Scheme has a core objective to encourage the spirit of national service among ALL segments of Ghanaian society in the effort of nation -building through active participation and Promote national unity and strengthening the bonds of common citizenship among Ghanaians. It is therefore, regrettable, the current partisan path on which the Scheme is headed.

We woke up to the sad and unbelievable news of the Official Page of the National Service Scheme being used to congratulate Henry Nana Boakye(Nana B) the Deputy Director of the National Service Scheme in charge of Operations on his election as the newly elected Youth Organizer of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) in a manner  unbefitting of a state institution in the just ended NPP National Delegates Conference; how unfortunate? It is not only sad, but very dangerous for a National Scheme which seeks to encourage the spirit of National service among ALL segments of the society to be reduced to partisan  involvement. We note that, they have subsequently pulled it down from their page following social media outcry. We condemn such partisan actions in very strong terms and demand from the National Service Secretariat an unqualified public apology for dabbling in partisanship.

Ladies and Gentleman, our fears have been further heightened by information we have picked from the just ended NPP national delegates conference that, Nana B used NSS postings as a bait to cajole various TESCON Presidents who were delegates in the Youth elections to vote for him as the Youth organizer of their party, promising to post them to their "preferred institutions and regions of choice". We, the CONCERNED NATIONAL SERVICE PERSONNEL demand an independent investigation into this allegation of vote buying using National service postings as a bait.

Also, we note public comments that have been made by Nana B at a meeting of the Student wing of the NPP(TESCON) in Sarbah dining hall on Legon campus and also at a Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology TESCON meeting to the effect that, He as Deputy Director in charge of Operations was going to prioritize serving NPP members(TESCON) first. Such comments by a public official who is expected with a mandate to serve ALL Ghanaians EQUALLY irrespective of their political party inclination is seriously in doubt.

In the wake of the resistance and opposition to the illegal imposition of an Insurance policy on all service persons by the current leadership of the National Service Scheme, Henry Nana Boakye is on record on "Ekosi Sen" on Asempa FM  to have described all service personnel opposed to the ill-conceived compulsory Insurance policy as quote "NDC-TEIN small boys" who are been remote controlled to agitate against the illegal Insurance policy. We were later compelled to drag the Secretariat to the High court which eventually got them to abandon the Insurance policy. With such  public comments, posture and mindset, Nana B, who is the Deputy Director of NSS in charge of Operations and now doubles as the National Youth Organizer of the NPP cannot be trusted to do fair to all manner of Ghanaians across the different divides.

We, the CONCERNED NATIONAL SERVICE PERSONNEL are by this, calling for the immediate resignation from office by Henry Nana Boakye as the Deputy Director of the National service Scheme. We call on the President, His Excellency, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo to give full effect to his commitment to Mobilizing EVERY Ghanaian citizen towards the project of Nation building by immediately terminating the appointment of Nana Boakye, whose public comments and conduct threaten the core objective of the Ghana national service Scheme of encouraging the spirit of national service among ALL segments of Ghanaian society in the effort of nation -building through active participation and Promote national unity and strengthening the bonds of common citizenship among Ghanaians. Thank you.

God continually bless our homeland, Ghana and make her great to create shared Prosperity for ALL.

.......Signed......

Ananpansah, Solomon

Convenor, CONCERNED NATIONAL SERVICE  PERSONNEL, GHANA

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