Parliament
has
passed
the
National
Service
Authority
Bill
2024.
The
object
of
the
bill
is
to
establish
the
National
Service
Authority
to
mobilise
and
post
persons
qualified
to
undertake
national
service
in
areas
of
national
priority
for
national
development
and
to
promote
employability.
It
also
seeks
to
establish
the
authority
as
a
corporate
body
with
the
requisite
legal
capacity
to
develop
and
implement
policies
and
programmes
for
national
service.
The
Executive
Director
of
the
National
Service
Scheme,
Osei
Assibey
Antwi
in
an
engagement
with
the
media
on
Tuesday,
July
9,
expressed
his
delight
with
the
passage
of
the
bill
and
highlighted
its
potential
benefits.
“If
you
have
a
vibrant
youth,
if
you
have
a
youth
that
has
a
future,
if
you
have
a
youth
that
knows
where
they
are
going,
if
you
have
a
youth
that
has
the
policy
to
guide
them,
especially
at
this
time
that
the
current
management
and
the
board
have
now
moved
into
a
new
direction
called
deployment
for
employment.
This
deployment
for
employment
can
only
be
enhanced
with
this
current
backing.”
Mr
Assibey
Antwi
added
that
the
bill’s
passage
will
the
authority
to
generate
funds
internally
to
complement
the
government’s
efforts
toward
creating
employment
opportunities
for
the
youth.
“Now,
Parliament
has
given
us
an
autonomy,
an
authority
that
is
vested
with
powers
in
areas
where
it
is
going
to
enhance
entrepreneurship.
“With
this
current
status,
NSS
can
work
to
achieve
a
lot
of
internally-generated
funds
to
reduce
the
burden
from
the
central
government
and
we
know
the
President
will
assent
to
it
to
give
it
the
finality.”
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