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The National Service Corps (NSC) was formed
during the Busia government (1969-1972) (Naomi Chazan 1983 p.54).
It was viewed as a "self-help local development organization that
would assist in rural improvement schemes"(Ibid.). In 1982, the
National Youth Organizing Commission began to gather resources and
train cadres, reportedly former secondary and post-secondary
students who were fulfilling their compulsory period of National
Service (Donald Ray 1986 p.94).
The National Union of Ghanaian Students
(NUGS) was in opposition to the extension of the mandatory National
Service Scheme from one to two years and the inclusion of six
months of military training in the program (Jon Kraus 1983 p.131,
BBC 25 September 1980).
For more information regarding the National
Service in Ghana, please consult the attached excerpts from the
following documents:
-Naomi Chazan, An Anatomy of Ghanaian Politics: Managing
Political Recession, 1969-1982, Boulder: Westview Press, 1983,
p.54.
-Donald I. Ray, Ghana: Politics, Economics and Society,
London: Francis Pinter Publishers, 1986, pp. 92-97.
-Jon Kraus, "Revolution and the Military in Ghana", Current
History, Philadelphia: Current History Inc., March 1983, pp.
131.
-Colin Legum, ed., Africa Contemporary Record Annual Survey and
Documents, New York: Africana Publishing Company, for 1982-1983
p.B454, 1983-1984 p. B436 and for 1985-1986 pp. B32-BB39.
-BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 25 September 1980, 26 April 1982,
16 June 1982, 3 August 1982, 4 September 1982, 16 December 1982, 17
December 1982, 15 March 1983, 24 January 1989 and 8 November
1989.
-"Ghana: Bridging the Gap between Wages and Prices", Inter Press
Service, 3 June 1985.