By Benjamin Nii Nai Anyetei
The National Service Authority (NSA) says the permanent closure of its registration portal after December 22, 2025, is necessary to enable the deployment of nurses for the 2025/2026 National Service year.
The Director-General Ms. Ruth Dela Sedoh has stated that the portal will be reopened for a final one-week period from December 15 to December 22, after which it will be permanently closed in preparation for nurse deployment scheduled to begin at the end of December.
Ms. Sedoh explained that the registration and validation process for the 2025/2026 service year began in October 2025, with postings released on October 28 and the service year officially commencing on November 3, 2025. She noted that the registration and validation processes could not be extended indefinitely without disrupting deployment timelines.
According to her, closing the portal is critical to concluding outstanding reposting and validation issues, confirming the physical presence of service personnel at their duty stations, eliminating ghost or fraudulent records, and stabilising the system ahead of further deployments.
Ms. Sedoh said the final reopening of the portal is limited to service personnel who were officially rejected by their assigned institutions with valid release letters, as well as those who were unable to complete regional validation due to genuine challenges. She stressed that the reopening does not allow new registrations.
She added that enforcing the registration deadline allows the Authority to proceed with the parallel deployment of nurses, describing their placement as essential to the effective functioning of health facilities across the country.
Ms. Sedoh reiterated that after December 22, the NSA will fully transition from registration activities into deployment operations for the remainder of the 2025/2026 service year.
