Accra — The Director-General of the Ghana Scholarship Authority (GSA), Alex Kwaku Asafo-Agyei, has rejected reports circulating online that foreign nationals are benefiting from Ghana’s scholarship programme.

“The claim that the beneficiaries in question are Canadian citizens is false. The individuals being referenced are Ghanaians by birth and parentage.”

Mr Kwaku made this statement in response to accusations in a Facebook post on Thursday. He called these accusations untrue and stated that they were meant to mislead the public about how the scholarship system really works.

According to him, when awarding scholarships, the authority looks at 3 different criteria, including financial need, national priority programmes and merit-based selection.

“The Ghana Scholarship Authority operates a three-tier framework for the award of scholarships: financial need (needy but brilliant), national priority for programmes critical to Ghana’s development and merit-based selection,” he explained.

He finally declared that he would protect the authenticity of the institution.

“Let me state unequivocally that, so long as I remain the director-general of the Ghana Scholarship Authority, neither my integrity nor the well-redeemed reputation of the authority will be compromised.”

Story by Samuella Mantebea Okanta