{"id":145510,"date":"2015-08-22T12:45:08","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T12:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=145510"},"modified":"2015-08-22T12:45:08","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T12:45:08","slug":"stop-this-cynicism-nss-boss-to-ghanaian-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=145510","title":{"rendered":"Stop this cynicism \u2013 NSS boss to Ghanaian critics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Acting Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte has hit hard at critics of the Urban Traffic Management module of the NSS describing such cynicism as not healthy for the development for the country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145290\" style=\"width: 711px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dr-kpessah-whyte.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-145290 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dr-kpessah-whyte.png\" alt=\"Dr. Kpessa Whyte [middle]\" width=\"711\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dr-kpessah-whyte.png 711w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dr-kpessah-whyte-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Kpessa Whyte [middle]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;Utk9uVSDupjwfb6FjwtEl2c7PZvvdNzl&#8221;]He hailed the concept of fresh graduates being sent unto the streets to direct the flow of traffic in Accra and Kumasi and said it would rekindle the spirit of patriotism and nationalism in Ghanaians beginning from graduates of the tertiary institutions in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> at the passing out ceremony of 210 service persons that have undergone training at the National Police Academy, Dr. Kpessa-Whyte noted that the module will become attractive in no time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere is a lot of cynicism in this country and I think we should dispel it. In the police service there are lawyers, doctors, engineers and architects, they are Ghanaians like us and they are doing this for us. So are we saying that those who just finished our universities are better than them? I think we should rise above this cynicism and move forward as a nation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nss-traffic-directors-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145300 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nss-traffic-directors-10.png\" alt=\"nss traffic directors (10)\" width=\"724\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nss-traffic-directors-10.png 724w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nss-traffic-directors-10-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All the 210 who passed out will be deployed effective 1<sup>st<\/sup> September and they will work under the supervision of the Motor Traffic and Transport Directorate of the Ghana Police Service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nss-traffic-directors-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145297 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nss-traffic-directors-6.png\" alt=\"nss traffic directors (6)\" width=\"711\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nss-traffic-directors-6.png 711w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nss-traffic-directors-6-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Duke Mensah Opoku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Acting Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte has hit hard at critics of the Urban Traffic Management module of the NSS describing such cynicism as not healthy for the development for the country. 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