Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Sabah Zita Benson, has revealed that government owes about £5 million in unpaid stipends and tuition to Ghanaian PhD students in the UK.
Speaking on PM Express Business Edition on Joy News on Thursday, she said the debt involves students who have already completed their studies but continue to demand payment under the terms of their award letters.
“We have people who have completed their course, maybe in 2023, but they claim that the award letter promised to give them stipends, and so the government owes them stipends, when they were supposed to have completed in 2023, but they’re still here in the UK asking for stipends,” she said.
She disclosed that the situation is particularly pronounced among PhD candidates, whose total claims now run into millions.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com
