The National Service Authority (NSA) in Ghana has announced a new initiative that will see 10,000 national service personnel undergo military training before starting their one-year mandatory service.
The programme is designed to promote discipline, patriotism and resilience among young people as part of efforts to strengthen the core values of national service in Ghana.
At a press briefing, the Acting Executive Director of the NSA, Ruth Dela Seddoh, said the training will be conducted in two batches of 5,000 participants each, hosted at selected military bases across the country.
She explained that the new approach replaces the traditional campus-based orientation with exposure to real military conditions to better prepare personnel for service.
According to Ms Seddoh, the training will cover basic combat drills, disaster response, self-defence, safe weapons handling and crisis management. She noted that beyond physical strength, the initiative aims to build leadership, teamwork and discipline.
“Our ultimate goal is discipline,” she stated. “We want to instil in them a strong sense of discipline. It will be a bit intense, but as a woman, I can assure them it will also be exciting.”
Ms Seddoh described the exercise as a pilot phase intended to lay the foundation for future training models that will help young people develop national pride and readiness to contribute effectively to both the public and private sectors.
