Validate membership or forfeit allowance – NSS tells personnel Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS), has asked all national service personnel on government payroll to get validated. This directive, the Management said, is a follow up to the Scheme's reforms with the E-zwich payment system. A statement signed by the Acting Executive Director of the NSS, Ussif Mustapha, is therefore urging all personnel to obtain validation forms at the National Service offices in the districts they serve. They are to fill the forms with their respective heads of departments and personally submit them to the district secretariats. The statement said the deadline for submission is May 15. It further states that any personnel who fails to comply with this directive will be considered non-existent and will not be paid his or her allowance. GBC