The registration period for service personnel for the 2016/2017 year has been extended to the end of September, 2016 to enable service personnel who have not been able to complete their biometric registration to do so, a statement from the National Service Secretariat announced Tuesday.

A statement issued in Accra and signed by the acting Executive Director, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte said this is in response to persistent appeals by service personnel for extension in view of the slow process of the biometric registration to acquire their needed NSS Identification cards.

The statement however emphasizes that the 2016/2017 national service begins on Thursday, 1st September, 2016; and that, only service personnel who register and report at post before the 15th September, 2016 and duly submit their monthly duty reporting forms would be eligible for payment of allowances for September, 2016.

The statement added that Management is currently processing on-line applications in respect of the optional six months extension granted to 2015/2016 service personnel, and would soon release the new placements for those from that batch who requested to continue with their service.