"Increase Our Allowance, the cost of living is high" - National Service Personnel cries out

 Some National Service members want the government to reconsider increasing their monthly allowances.

They claim that the current monthly allowance of 559 cedis is insufficient to cover the rising cost of living in the country.

The outgoing president of national service personnel for Northern, North East, and Savannah Regions, Abukari Eliassu Kurabaso, told the media after a visit to the Mole National Park as part of the National Service Personnel Week celebrations that the current allowance is woefully inadequ ate.