A younger man has shared a troubling encounter with a mysterious particular person who tried to illicitly safe him a spot within the Ghana Nationwide Service Scheme (NSS).
The stranger promised a monthly salary with out requiring him to render any providers. Nonetheless, trusting his instincts, he properly declined the suspicious provide.
A wierd quantity referred to as and requested for my identify. I confirmed it was me, then the particular person mentioned they received my quantity from somebody. They informed me they’d a proposal for me. The particular person defined that the deal would permit me to obtain free cash on the finish of the month.
He mentioned the quantity was about 500 or 600 Ghana Cedis and that somebody would course of it for me, however they might take 50% of the sum. All I wanted to do was present my identify and Ghana Card particulars, and they might deal with the remainder. On the finish of the month, I’d obtain one thing.
I requested, what scheme are we ? The particular person mentioned NSS. Even in the event you’ve accomplished, it doesn’t matter. Shocked, I informed the man I’d give it some thought, however I wasn’t enthusiastic about such issues. Three days later, he referred to as once more. The man was that critical. He mentioned he had performed it for just a few folks, they usually had been incomes too.
Regardless of repeated refusals, the caller stored insisting that the younger man present his particulars to start out receiving the fraudulent earnings.
Criticising the ethical decline among the many youth, he lamented:
That is how far the NSS scheme has gone. However I feel we, the youth, are a part of the issue as a result of if somebody calls you with a deal like this, what would you do? I feel our ethical compass has decayed somewhat bit.
He additionally highlighted the safety dangers related to such corrupt practices and referred to as for pressing motion to revive ethical integrity amongst Ghana’s youth within the combat in opposition to corruption.
Beforehand, an NSS obligatory headcount revealed a total of 81,885 suspected ghost names on the NSS payroll out of the 180,030 registered nationwide service personnel, indicating a corrupt scheme that embezzled funds launched for NSS personnel. The matter is presently nonetheless present process investigation.
