The Minority members of the Education Committee of Parliament have disclosed that the government owes over £17 million in tuition fees to 927 Ghanaian students on scholarship in the United Kingdom for 27 months.
The caucus says the government’s failure to meet its financial obligation has forced some universities to withdraw their support and cancel the Memorandum of Understandings with the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat.
Speaking to Citi News, the Deputy Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr. Clement Apaak, said the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government must act immediately to avoid further national embarrassment.
“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 Consequently, a number of them have been withdrawn by their schools.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.”