[afren] Paymaent of Scholarship

[mahamadu mahamuda]

Good Morning Mr. Nyantakyi. Kindly take a look at the publication below:


General News of Wednesday, 30 July
2014
Source: Daily Post
Govt Pays Scholarships
 
President Mahama is definitely leaving no stone unturned in
his determination to ensure that all sectors of the economy are on sound
footing for accelerated national growth and development.

With the educational sector being among his priorities, despite the recent
hiccups in the disbursement of funds to the various institutions and
individuals, he has kept his foot pressed hard on the pedal. This has resulted
in the payment of scholarships to Ghanaian students spread across the globe as
well as disbursement of funds to some institutions in the sector.

In an interview with the ‘Daily Post’, Hon Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa, Deputy
Minister for Education in charge of Tertiary Institutions revealed that payment
has been made to Ghanaian students on scholarships studying in the United States of America, Canada, Asia, Australia and South
Africa.

In the United Kingdom, where the largest number of Ghanaians studying on
scholarships are, three-quarters of the total number have received payments
while all students in the rest of Europe have also received payment.

The Deputy Minister giving a breakdown of monies paid as scholarships said
GH¢2,500,000, that is £454.545.45 was paid as Tuition and Living Allowance to
three quarters of students on scholarships in the UK. The rest will be paid
next week.

GH¢1,000,000 equivalent of $285,714.29 at an exchange rate of GH¢3.5 to a dollar was paid to all students in the Unites States of America
and Canada while GH¢600,000 being €133,333.33 (at an exchange rate of GH¢4.5 to
1 euro) was paid to all Ghanaian students in EU member countries.

Other students living and studying in China, South America, Australia etc were
paid a total of GH¢400,000 with GH¢500,000 being allocated for the purchase of
tickets. This brings the total amount of money paid
as scholarships to GH¢5million. 

The Deputy Minister who is also the Member of Parliament for North Tongu revealed further revealed that payment of capitation grants to
schools, subsidies for one out of the three terms for Senior High Schools,
subsidies for Special Schools as well as Feeding grants
for colleges have all been released to the various schools.


These payments are coming on the heels of GH¢370millon released
by government last week for statutory payments. The GETFUND received
GH¢98,098,708.29 while the NHIS got ¢63,396,000.40. The District Assemblies
Common Fund also received GH¢207,483,526.75.

I am therefore astonish why you told me last Friday on phone that it is 
false that funds was released to GETFUND when Mr. Ben Anyagre was in 
your office.  I don't think the Deputy Minister would have granted this 
interview if he didn't have the facts. The alleged beneficiaries would have also reacted if what the Deputy Minister was not true.


It is also my conviction that, The GETFUND Administrator on seeing the 
letter from the university would not have acted positively and 
expeditiously on it. The GETFUND Administrator would not like to put my 
life in a precarious situation as it is now.Well as I told you in my SMS to you which you have not responded, the university is on vacation now 
and I don't know what would be its next line of action. Meanwhile I will endure the difficulties I am facing now while awaiting my faith when 
the university reopens. May be you must be ready to provide me with a ticket to return to Ghana. 

Thank you
 
Mahamuda Alhaji Mahamadu
(PhD Candidate-Communication Engineering)
School of Information Science and Technology
Southwest Jiaotong University
Erhuan Road, Beiyiduan, No111
Chengdu
SICHUAN 610031
People's Republic of China
Tel:008618224411426
email: mamahamadu at yahoo.com
            mmahamadu at gmail.com
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