A recent exposé by The Fourth Estate, spearheaded by investigative journalist Manasseh Azure on the awarding of scholarships has revealed how a financial loss to the state worth over £17,000 occurred during the peak of COVID-19.
The investigation has unveiled the identities of affluent individuals who allegedly obtained scholarships meant for academically gifted but financially disadvantaged Ghanaians.
Per reports, one Fawzy Ramadan, a relative and personal assistant to Second Lady, Samira Bawumia, was awarded GBP17,355 to cover the cost of tuition at Brunel University in the UK.
Fawzy was to study MSc in Global Supply Chain Management. However, Fawzy, per The Fourth Estate never pursued the course.
It is reported that “he claimed he was involved in an accident during the peak of COVID-19 and could not defer the course.”
“Neither he nor the state benefitted in any way from the tuition fee paid to the Brunel University on his behalf,” the Fourth Estate further reported.
It is reported that the school later wrote to him demanding the cost of accommodation from him for not stepping foot on the university’s campus.
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