A total of 6,867 eligible nurses and midwives have obtained PIN codes to enable their registration for the 2026/27 National Service Year.

The National Service Authority (NSA) on Monday, January 19, directed the listed candidates to retrieve their PIN codes from the Authority’s website to begin the registration process for the 2026/27 National Service Year.

According to the NSA, “All eligible trained Nurses and Midwives are requested to visit the Authority’s website and click on the portal to access their PIN codes using their respective Student ID numbers and dates of birth”.

Prospective Service Personnel are required to note that a registration fee of GH¢41.00 must be paid via Mobile Money across all networks to access the enrolment platform.

In June, the National Service Authority (NSA) released PIN codes for 132,393 prospective national service personnel ahead of the 2025/2026 service year. This information was made known in a press release issued by the Authority on Tuesday, June 17.

The NSA indicated that this year’s intake dropped by an average of 26% compared to the past three years, with a 36% decline in 2022/2023.

The Authority also revealed that it received 135,990 submissions for this year from 122 tertiary institutions. It noted that 3,597 submissions are pending verification of accreditation.

"This figure is part of a total of 135,990 final-year Ghanaian students submitted by 122 tertiary institutions across the country.

"However, 3,597 of these submissions, representing graduates from 22 institutions, have not been processed, as those institutions are currently not accredited and remain unknown to the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC)," it added.

Tertiary institutions have been granted a 30-day window to address their accreditation irregularities with GTEC. Meanwhile, 908 PIN codes for private applicants are currently awaiting final verification from the related institutions to be released.

Prospective service personnel are required to activate their PIN codes by paying a fee of GHS 40 at any ADB Bank Ltd branch. Alternatively, payments can be made via MTN Mobile Money at a fee of GHS 41.

To begin the registration process, applicants should visit the NSA portal and follow the instructions to retrieve their PIN codes and complete the required steps.

To strengthen the transparency and security of the registration process, the NSA has introduced several improvements to its online enrolment platform:

Facial Biometric Verification: All prospective service personnel must complete facial verification against their Ghana Card data held by the National Identification Authority (NIA) prior to accessing the registration form.

Verified Address Input: Applicants must provide a valid Ghana Post GPSaddress, which will be used for distance mapping and regional posting decisions, to guide proximity to the workplace.

The accuracy of this information is essential for effective placement. Detailed guidance is available atRegistrants may also contact support@nss.gov.gh for additional assistance or chat with us live on the portal.

The National Service Authority (NSA) canceled online registration for the 2025/2026 service year submitted in June due to suspected irregularities in its Central Management System (CMS).In this regard, the Authority has announced that online registration for prospective national service personnel will begin on Wednesday, October 8, and end on Wednesday, October 15.

All national service personnel reported to their assigned service stations on Saturday, November 1. The Authority directed personnel to visit its new website, www.gnsa.gov.gh, for step-by-step guidelines for the online registration.

“All previous registrations from June 2025 have been declared null and void. Every prospective service personnel must re-register on the new platform,” the statement noted.

On June 18, the NSA’s Central Management System (CMS) was abruptly suspended by the Ministry of Youth Development and Empowerment following a directive from President John Dramani Mahama due to suspicions of irregularities.

Speaking to JoyNews on Tuesday, September 9, the Acting Director General of the National Service Authority (NSA), Ruth Seddoh, revealed that the audit exposed more than 1,000 babies, some less than a year old, listed as National Service Personnel on NSA’s payroll.

She explained, “If the system were foolproof, we wouldn’t have had children under one year without a Ghana Card being on our payroll. We had almost 1,000 kids under one year on our payroll, on our system.

"But we were thinking that if the system were to be foolproof, the system would have detected that these people were minors. Because it is done, and it can be done. To the extent that the system can determine that these ones are below the age of 18, but that was not done.”

This suspension delayed postings for the 2025/2026 national service personnel.

The Authority is among several institutions being probed by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for alleged irregularities. A recent report by the non-profit investigative body, The Fourth Estate, alleges that the former Director-General (D-G) of the NSA, Osei Assibey Antwi, was listed as a volunteer within the NSA while in office.