181 government scholarship students stranded at University of Memphis over $3.6m debt

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  • JESUS IS GOD 6 months ago

    Jesus Christ loves you and wants to save you from sin and its consequences. He died on the cross for your sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day. Believe in Him, accept His gift of forgiveness, and receive eternal ...
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  • Karikakchar 6 months ago

    What took those students to the school. If it's a challenge they should transfer and come to complete at UG

  • Zoobie-Zoobie 6 months ago

    FAKE BACK-DOOR SCHOLARSHIPS !!!!!

    WHAT ARE 181 STUDENTS STUDYING AT MEMPHIS?????????????

    WASTE OF TAX PAYERS MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Kweku Tsin 6 months ago

    I am pretty sure these children will not be the high achieving children of the Gobe, Kenkey, waache, fufu seller or THE Kaya YOO. They may be children of politicians/their families, and the well connected. If they are that i ...
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  • TRUTH 6 months ago

    WHY DO WE WASTE THE POOR TAXPAYERS MONEY ON STUDENTS WHO MAY NEVER STEP IN GHANA AGAIN AND USELESS WHEN THEY EVEN RETURN TO GHANA.

    THIS NONSENSE MUST STOP. TELL THEM TO COME HOME AND FINISH THEIR COURSES.

    I'M SURE, WE ...
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  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 6 months ago

    At Memphis, let the students sleep in Dormitories and do two jobs to finance their education. Many Ghanaian students including mine do two jobs and pay for their education and Boarding and Lodging. University Students in Ghan ...
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  • Pastor Moi 6 months ago

    Our votes against the Npp has saved us $3.6. If the Npp had won the elections, they would have used the taxes we paid to pay their students' debts.

  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 6 months ago

    Don’t worry because this started at the time of Nkrumah. How did the Children of Efo Jeremiah John Rawlings, Akuffo Addo and his children, Asiedu Nketsia and the children of the Tsikatas attend Universities in Europe, USA, ...
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  • ST Ghfuo: KWAME NKRUMAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 6 months ago

    I don't understand this..if the foreign university is not giving you a scholarship what are you doing there and why must taxpayers pay for you to go study overseas? Aren't there universities in Ghana? Are these undergraduate ...
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  • Kobina Ebo E. 6 months ago

    CLEANINGNESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS SO GHANAIANS PLEASE
    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
    DON'T LITTER
    DON'T LITTER
    DON'T LITTER
    DON'T LITTER
    GOD BLESS

  • Dr Mumbi Seraki 6 months ago

    Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine....for instance 10 paracetamol at once.....or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.

  • Kweku 6 months ago

    These politicians give scholarships to their party foot soldiers and are not able to pay the amounts involved but they are still giving out scholarships to their party foot soldiers. I don't even know what is wrong with our p ...
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  • Aj 6 months ago

    Check the corrupt former scholarship secretariat head and now MP, Kingsley Agyeman of Abuakwa. Heard the monies he made from selling these scholarships ee, hmmm.

  • Name William 6 months ago

    Ah akkufo addo government paa. These people are very evil and wicked. So everywhere in the party there is debt. And the most annoying thing they do press conference for the president to take responsibility for their stupid de ...
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  • Richard 6 months ago

    What are they studying in America which are missing at our Universities in Ghana?

  • Paa Rasta. 6 months ago

    @Richard , They're studying. Common sense and critical thinking, Tell me one one research that our universities have done that has helped Ghanaians or Africans ?

  • Karikakchar 6 months ago

    If they can make the kind of difference that you're referring to why don't they start here.

  • Kojo 6 months ago

    They should use the critical thinking and common sense to pay. Idiot

  • KingLord 6 months ago

    The SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME was instituted by Kwame Nkrumah to FasTrack the education of Ghanaian Engineers, Doctors, Architects and other critical manpower for the accelerated development of Ghana.

    At this stage of our nationa ...
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  • Patriot 6 months ago

    Very well stated!!!!! Another corrupt scheme for cronies of both political parties - what's the real benefit to the country? None!

  • Kweku Tsin 6 months ago

    DURING NKRUMAH TIME WE NEEDED THESE EDUCATED STUDENTS TO PROP UP THE YOUNG COUNTRY. Today, the best students can do it on their own. Also, sad to say that most of the graduates in Ghana can't even find a job.

  • Truth 6 months ago

    Who is forcing govt to keep doing this scholarship thing that has become a thing for politicians, their girlfriends and families?

  • Organised Labour 6 months ago

    Even if they finish their courses successfully and come back they will come and do strikes giving government ultimatum dates like the July 11 they have been given. Anyway government should try and settle their debt but cut ...
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  • Yaw 6 months ago

    Why is the government paying $3.6million for students who wouldn’t come back to the country??

  • Nana yaw 6 months ago

    When SCHOLARSHIP for Asantes is given to Ghana Government by The king Otumfour because he loves all people in Ghana and the government decides to give the scholarship its favourites then the results is what we are experiencin ...
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  • Brigadier Sabari v.2 6 months ago

    Imagine what that money can do for Ghana and our universities

  • Kaba 6 months ago

    This abroad scholarships given by our government should be scraped and the money used to improve the public universities in Ghana. It only benefits relatives of politicians.

  • Chop Chop 6 months ago

    Even Napo and Adwoa Sarfo benefited claiming they are brilliant but needy students

  • sound ghanaian 6 months ago

    Nearly 200 Ghanaian students on one university campus? The University of Memphis is a decent regional institution, but it doesn't come close to any Ivy League. The question is: who sent these students there? How are these so ...
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  • Andropov 6 months ago

    Any of the students taking a course available in Ghana should be made to return home

  • JULOR CAESAR 6 months ago

    To avoid waste, why not disclose what these students' majors are, and should allow the Ghana taxpayer to determine if the Ghana government is actively engaged in abusing tax payers' money. I'm certain that many of these schol ...
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  • Mr Ibu 6 months ago

    We don't need to give scholarships to anybody. Free SHS, no admission fees for first Year students is enough. We should close the scholarship secretariate

  • Yen tina ho nah ... sei! 6 months ago

    Let the NPP party pay they are not govt scholarship holders these wards of npp cronies!

  • Peter 6 months ago

    They should come. Those political patronage scholarships beneficiaries are not better academically than those in Ghana.

  • Pastor Moi 6 months ago

    NPP foot soldiers. Let them do kponkpon there to pay their debts. Why should a common Kayayo's tax she paid be used to pay Npp supporters debts? Report them to Trump for a free ticket back home!

  • Abusuapanin 6 months ago

    Idiotic comments from stupid NDC ANIMALS. Tell Mahama to go and pay instead of using the money to buy sanitary pads. He should also ask Sammy Gyamfi to bring the dollars he is hoarding and giving to Agradaa so that it can be ...
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  • Baah Bonsu 6 months ago

    Foot sodiers, girl friends and boy friends of NPP Members, NPP youths and those who paid to get these scholarships are all suffering now. Mr President do something about these payments, please

  • Bob 6 months ago

    Did someone said they are there representing Ghana? as in What?

  • Afua from UK 6 months ago

    Akuffo addo's fault and negligence or

  • Prof. USA 6 months ago

    Since when did the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat begin funding Ghanaian students to study in US universities? It used to be commonwealth scholarships in the British Commonwealth countries. And the University of Memphis alone ...
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  • Wasting of money and resources 6 months ago

    Sounds like a SCAM

  • Wasting of money and resources 6 months ago

    Why couldn’t they attend university in Ghana? I am sure most of these students were politically connected.

  • Yaw 6 months ago

    They are TESCON members nkoaaa. Akufo Monkey Addo's Serpent pikins

  • K.K 6 months ago

    We are sick and tired of the lamentations. Npp sold these scholarships to make money. How could almost 200 students gain scholarship to only one school. Investigate, arrest and retrieve monies. Bring them to continue in Ghana ...
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  • SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME MUST BE ABOLISH NOW 6 months ago

    The scholarship scheme must be abolish now because is waist of taxpayers money to some group of people and party foot soldiers and not for the poor and brilliant students.The poor can not pay the bribes involve before selecti ...
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  • One more 6 months ago

    Why didn't you guys told the so called npp government. Please give us a break

  • Egya Kofi 6 months ago

    What were they sudying? If the programme s are available in Ghana get them out.

  • Nana TRUMU TRUMU Addo 6 months ago

    LET THEM ALL COME HOME TO CONTINUE AT LEGON. THESE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF NPP BASTARDS

  • How did they get there 6 months ago

    Children of political class. The intelligent are still in Ghana.

  • Yaw 6 months ago

    They should come home because John Mahama will not send them Kobo, the NDC government who can’t afford to pay Nurses and Teachers in cedis in Ghana how could he pay dollars in America. Roads contractors have laid down their ...
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  • Sense 6 months ago

    These NPP foot soldiers must come back home to complete their education if there’s no money

  • Nii Akwei 6 months ago

    Trump will send them back. GSS is corrupt to the core. Abolish it now, and forever.

  • CJ 6 months ago

    Are there no universities in Ghana offering those courses? Why carried all these people to one university? Why should Ghana dish out such an amount to a university abroad when the courses could be offered here? Let them come ...
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  • CJ 6 months ago

    Can the government publish the names and local addresses for us to verify their identities. This could just be another NSA scam where some people are receiving those monies into their accounts. How can 181 students be sent to ...
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  • AK 6 months ago

    Since you were admitted before 7 December 2024 forget it. You are already labelled blues to wit NPP. They won't pay so start packing up or finding ways to pay yourselves. That is the trend in the resetting.

  • Truth 6 months ago

    Why would anyone serious about education remain in Ghana?

    U of Memphis is barely average by American standards, but ranked at least 500 spots higher than Ghana's best - U of Cape Coast - in international ranking.

    Moreov ...
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  • Bitter truth 6 months ago

    Any sensible govt will cancel this stupid senseless, useless scholarships..unfortunately our country Ghana cannot develop in this 21st century under the 4th republic..that’s the sad reality..as a country, we have missed the ...
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  • Bitter truth 6 months ago

    Dr Kwame Nkrumah is the only sensible president ever in the history of Ghana..Nkrumah was sending students abroad and bringing them directly to come and be working for Ghana..these days, scholarships to students abroad are pu ...
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  • Asanttofie 6 months ago

    How did Ghana send 181 students to one US universities? What courses were these students studying that are not available in any of the current numerous universities in Ghana or in Africa? How many of the past scholarship reci ...
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  • Kwabena 6 months ago

    The Ghana scholarship has become criminal enterprise. How come we spend this huge amount for courses which most of the are taught in our universities. And these people will never return back to Ghana. GSS must be scrapped it' ...
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  • Agbeli Kumordzi 6 months ago

    Is about time to put a stop to that old bullshit scholarship thousands of Ghanaians go out and never returned
    They get married and stay the money government spent on them become a wasted
    Let's use that hundreds of millions ...
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  • James 6 months ago

    They should transfer back to a Ghanaian university. Now there are a lot of programmes available, no need to go to the USA , especially not on taxpayers money. They got their Ghana scholarships through connections anyway. The ...
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