The Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress(NDC), John Mahama has criticized the abuse of government scholarship by politicians.
This comes in the wake of the exposé by the Fourth Estate revealing how politically exposed individuals have been awarded scholarships meant for underprivileged Ghanaians.
Speaking at a public lecture at Wisconsin International University, the former President assured the NDC government will adhere to strict implementation and guidelines for granting scholarships in the country.
"From Prof. Mills' time till when I was in office, we skewed a lot of the scholarship to students who were going to learn about petroleum sector, oil management, oil sector law and so on and so forth. There are many students who got those scholarships and are back here in Ghana and working. And so we must draw the lines, we must have a minister like Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang who will make sure that the scholarships we are giving are scholarships that are relevant to the human resource development of this country," he said.
He added: “The scholarships must go to underprivileged people, young people who come from backgrounds which do not have the capacity to sponsor them. The social construct of the person’s origin should be taken into consideration before a scholarship is given. There are many of us who can afford to pay the fees of our children if we decide that they should go to university abroad and so we have no business going to the Scholarship Secretariat and asking for scholarships for our children.
"...And so we will have a person superintending over the Scholarship Secretariat that will make sure that the guidelines are implemented and that those getting the scholarship are deserving of those scholarships.”
Source: kasapaonline
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Asiedu Nketiah's son is now a PHD holder. they should prove to us that he did not enjoy government scholarships from first degree to phd. And now he wants to be a parliamentarian by contesting the Tano South seat. Mahama and the NDC thinks Ghanaians are ***barred word*** or have short memories. Tell us what you did with government scholarships when you were a president so we can believe this promise. Can Mr Mahama swear or tell us that when he was president non of his appointees and wards or dependents did not enjoy government scholarships. He can not since he himself enjoyed government scholarship even though the father was a minister of state. laughable these politicians we have in Gh.
tell us what you did with government scholarships when you were a vice and a president. that's what we want to hear. tell us if Ofosu Kwakye and co did not use scholarship for his studies abroad even whilst as a minister and all the other babies with sharp teeth who went on study spree because most of them didn't were not awarded their degrees when they completed university.
Herrrr Mahama is so unfocused, insensitive and has no campaign message. I now believe
Only left for him to resurrect all the dead during Nana's tenure as president...In fact this current Gov't has disappointed but Mahama is not the alternative
My Nana Adson has disappointed big time but Mahama and NDC are no better alternative. kaaiii... Very soon , JDM will promise to bring back the dead to life. Assembly man MP Deputy Minister Cabinet Minister Vice president President Former President Now Returnee President? This is not greed but i dont know what it is either.
no policy direction, just jumping onto anything and everything that can win votes. he doesn't even mean what he is saying. Ghanaians beware of scams.
What did you do when you were president? This Mahama guy is seriously incompetent. No wonder Ahoi told your vice to prepare to be president. You have nothing new for Ghanaians.