Information reaching The Chronicle indicates that the suffering of the 234 students on the Government of Ghana scholarship, who are stranded in Russia, is far from ending. Whilst the Scholarship Secretariat is blaming the Finance Ministry for failing to release funds, the latter and Education Ministry are also blaming the Scholarship Secretariat for what has happened.
The Minister of Finance, Mr. Seth Terkper, a beneficiary of the scholarship scheme during his school days, challenged The Chronicle to conduct indepth investigations at the Scholarship Secretariat in Accra, to ascertain if the number of students qualified for the package did not far exceed the approved budget.
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