More revelations are popping up after the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo released the list of beneficiaries of GETFund scholarship meant for ‘brilliant but needy’ students in the country.
The latest is a confession by NDC General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia who has admitted that his son was funded by the scheme for his tertiary education outside the country.
Speaking on Adom FM Wednesday, Mr Asiedu Nketia explained that at the time of application, he had retired from legislator duties and as a result could not foot the bills of his son’s education; putting him under the ‘needy’ category.
“When I left Parliament some years back and had retired, I applied for a scholarship for my son from GETFund. My son was awarded the scholarship to study Risk Management outside the country because institutions of higher learning in Ghana were not offering that course.”
He, however, added that his son is currently on a different scholarship funded by the Chinese government studying his PhD. “But my son is now done studying and has secured another scholarship by the Chinese government and is currently in China reading his PhD.”
There has been a public outcry following the release of a performance audit report showing the beneficiaries of GETFund scholarship and the expenditure allocations.
The presence of incumbent high-ranking government officials and ministers of state has incurred the wrath of many Ghanaians, particularly on social media as it shows a clear violation of the GETFund Act of parties entitled to the offers.
Minister of State in Charge of Procurement Sarah Adwoa Safo, was given $12,800 in allowances with $17,004 in tuition fees to study at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Minister for Education, Mathew Opoku Prempeh was also cited in the report to have benefitted from the scholarships, having received $12,800 for living expenses and $11,200 as tuition fees to study a National and International Security in Harvard University.
Source: ghanaweb.com
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Hummm if MPs are needy students then what about me??? Eiiiii Ghana so every politician is corrupt. i this some MPs will be stealing the toilet rolls & soap in the parliament house. i can never trust a GH. MP forget about his party they are all the same the only difference is the party colors. stealers all over parliament.
And you have the courage to criticize Free SHS? I swear if free-SHS was need based, these same politicians will hijack the sponsorship for their children and family while the poor and the need pay. Go to scholarship secretariat and see what happening there. I pity the foot soldiers who do the street marches with these politicians. Politics in Africa is the quickest way to make wealth, it is even quicker than winning a jackpot.
greedy bustard politicians
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG,AFTER ALL HIS SON IS A CITIZEN OF GHANA.YOU GUYS MAKING NOISE WHAT STOPS YOU FROM APPLYING FOR GETFUND....
Huu! Huu! Upon all the years of being a Minister, parliamentarian and Bui Dam "King Kong" you could not educate your own Son with your own money! You have no re-spe-ct. Talking about, my Son is pursuing PhD hahahaha hahahaha, hahahaha. Party supporters, foot soldiers should open their eyes and learn lessons from these. God Bless You, Mr. Auditor General. You are the Hero of the masses!
this people are very wicked, this is the reason why i am against this politicians using the youth to incite violence whiles their children are being educated with the same money that should have been used to educate this poor boys. Our laws are not working, it is unfortunately. The auditor general should make them pay all the money with interest
This man is confessing to prevent people from digging further. Some of our politicians are just greedy
Give us the year your son benefitted from the scholarship. This man is the chief liarr and shouldn't be trusted. There is more to it than meet the eyes
We are gradually building a class society than will make politicians the bourgeois and aristocratic class. How many brilliant but needy students even know about GETFUND scholarship.
Who or what determines that a person is needy? Not until we correct this anomaly this issue will never cease. Asiedu Nketia is telling us that his son was a needy student. May God forgive him.