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have been complaints from some National Service personnel across the country
that transportation allowances have been slashed. According to some of the
aggrieved service personnel, they are not being paid the exact amount due them
as transportation allowance. The National Service Secretariat pays an allowance
for transportation apart from their monthly allowances, calculated based on the
distance between one’s area of residence and where the person is posted to. The
complaints are that a flat rate is being paid to service personnel regardless
of the distance between their service stations and their areas of residence. Service
personnel at Jasikan in the Volta Region who spoke to Kapital news on condition
of anonymity complains that a flat rate of 40 cedis being paid to him is
insufficient for him to transport himself back to his home region. But the
Jasikan District Director for the National Service Secretariat, Mr. Benjamin
Benabe denies slashing the transportation allowances of the service personnel.
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