The government owes nearly £17 million in unpaid tuition to 927 Ghanaian students who were on scholarship in the UK for 27 months, according to information revealed by the minority members of the Parliamentary Education Committee.
According to the caucus, certain universities were compelled to revoke their agreements and the Memorandum of Understandings with the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat since the government had not fulfilled its financial commitment.
In an interview with Citi News, Dr. Clement Apaak, the Deputy Ranking Member of Parliament’s Education Committee, stated that prompt action by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration is necessary to prevent additional national disgrace.
“According to the students, the government owes their fees in excess of £17 million. This has not been paid. Consequently, a number of them have been withdrawn by their schools.
“Some are not being allowed to take classes in person. Some are being processed for deportation and others are under threat of being arrested and prosecuted.
“So this is a very dire situation, which is leading to some students engaging in very despicable and humiliating activities just to survive. We have information to the effect that some of the male students have had to resort to selling their sperm. Some of the female students are engaged in prostitution.”
Source: Citinewsroom
