How Gifty Oware-Mensah, husband, benefited from over £42k government scholarship

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  • Araba 3 months ago

    And miserable fool soldiers will be defending these criminal entity with their useless souls!

  • Kay 3 months ago

    Can Randy Abbey also tell Ghanaians how Sam George's wife, who had by they worked with COCOBOD for less than 3yrs got a scholarship to study in UK?There were other employees who were more qualified than her but she got it.

  • smh 3 months ago

    NDCWeb… smh

  • Akwatia 3 months ago

    Hmmm. So have you seen the reason why God heard our sorrow and cries like the Israelites by the Rivers of Babylon and delivered us from the evil clutches of Akufo Monkey Addo/ Bawumia tyranny regime? Hmmm. Ohhh Mighty God w ...
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  • Bobby Stones 3 months ago

    That's usual stock in trade of these greedy NPP politicians, living large at our expense, without giving a darn. They've absolutely no moral compunction, they can't differentiate between right or wrong, so far its benefit th ...
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  • Hmmm moment 3 months ago

    The bigger issue is the ghost names. Is it true? What is happening to the case or it's just NDC lies.

  • ASEMPA 3 months ago

    If the NDC doesn't establish Special Courts to prosecute these people because the cases are many and the monies involved are huge, don't think they can even deal with a quarter of the cases. As at now all what Ghanaians hear ...
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  • No9 3 months ago

    It belongs to Bawumia through Dr Ayew Afriye all npp , allegedly. So please

  • Abiola 3 months ago

    You see how foolish some of you are. It lookslikeyou dont comprehend what is being discussed. You only heard scholarship , so you jumped quickly into the fray. Shwarb !

  • Baba Siaka Stevens 3 months ago

    If it's true what are they waiting for before jailing them? or because NDC are also doing the same or planning to do the same

  • Wow 3 months ago

    Kingsley caused financial loss to the country by his actions and must go to jail

  • kwame 3 months ago

    HOW??????????????????????????????????????????????/

  • Nii 3 months ago

    If NDC wants to be credible and fair to Ghanaians, they shd publish the list of all Ghana govt scholarship beneficiaries since 1992.They shd add the names of their parents/guardians plus the political parties they belong.

  • Kwesi 3 months ago

    Nii, thanks so much for this contribution. I had a mate who worked at the Scholarship Secretariat during JJ’s reign from 1980s. 95% of all those given Government Scholarships were from the northern and Volta regions. There ...
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  • TRUTHFUL 3 months ago

    Can you please stop these nonsense and let the country deal with these criminals. Are you saying that we allow the rot to continue or what. There is nothing tribal in this matter give us a break wai. The resetting should not ...
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  • Tosh 3 months ago

    Scholarships as the name suggests, are meant for scholars, not their spouces and dependants. It is the same kind of infraction, the ousted CJ committed. How is it possible for public funds, be used for your private enterprise ...
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  • Joko 3 months ago

    That new Registrar is a villager who talks bla bla like he is still a party footsoldier. The letters purported for spouses and children are for visa applications purposes and no money was actually paid. Where from this sensat ...
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  • Fool soldiers 3 months ago

    You fool paa. Did you not read that there was coverage for spouse up to the tune of $8,000 a year?

  • Fool soldiers 3 months ago

    @Joko
    You fool paa. Did you not read that there was coverage for spouse up to the tune of $8,000 a year?

  • Jahbless 3 months ago

    Kwasi ur the most dumb person on earth. Are u really a human being or a stray dog?. Mother nature pls heal this kind of fools.

  • Bobby Stones 3 months ago

    Lies of morally bankrupt people, publish the list of those involved and let's make our informed decisions. If truly northerners and voltarians were the beneficiary during PapaJ era, I have no doubt it weren't husband and wif ...
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  • Efo Juju 3 months ago

    It was during PNDC era, that the likes of Joshua Alabi and John Mahama got Scholarship to the Soviet Union because they were PNDC activists. The likes of (helicopter crash) Dr Samuel Sarpong who was a PE and Twi teacher went ...
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  • Mensah 3 months ago

    I SUPPORT THIS.

  • sjbfdjnhkgf;nkgf 3 months ago

    waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa hw33, with all this useless idiots in the system how can we progress. Master please don't waste anytime on these idiots, just jail all of them and their families who enjoyed with them.

    Asap

  • Kwaku 3 months ago

    I once met Ghanaians female students in the 90s in Moscow studying hotel management and catering. Why would Ghana govt send students to Russia to study such courses,which slot could have been used for science students.

  • Kwame 3 months ago

    Moscow scholarships to Ghanaians were rampant in those days . All expenses were paid by Russia. The burden was not on Ghana government

  • Ruthan 3 months ago

    @ Kwasi you're a complete illiterate trying to impose your ignorance on Ghanaians., Russian scholarships in the 90s were ONLY for tuition the beneficiary country pays for hostel fees, monthly stipend, health insurance ,stati ...
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  • Fool soldiers 3 months ago

    @Ruthan
    You are rather ignorant. The Russian scholarships cover more than tuition. They include accommodation even though some students may still pay a little token for other things the hostel may provide like washing and ch ...
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  • Efo Juju 3 months ago

    Even if all expenses were paid by Russia, if you were not or your parents were not PNDC/NDC activists or from certain tribes you will not get the chance to go.

  • DEEVINITY 3 months ago

    Such brazen robbery!!

  • John 3 months ago

    Leadership is the biggest problem of Ghana, and for that matter the whole of Africa. Africans have difficulty when it comes to the definition of Abuse of power.Both NDC & NPP are culprits.

  • JULOR CAESAR 3 months ago

    Very true.

  • ANA 3 months ago

    @ John you mean both parties have skeletons in their closets?.phew!!! Then, true justice will be hard to serve.

  • @RealNapo 3 months ago

    This girl is evil and doesn't have morals still parading at the GFA as ExCo Member. The system in Ghana is just unbelievable. Very silly and stupid benefiting few whilst the masses suffers. Charging Ghs465,000 duty on Range R ...
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  • Cuntiki 3 months ago

    Is Ghana for them alone?

  • kelewele 3 months ago

    Stupid Ghanaians have allowed criminals to rule them whilst they ignorantly defend them on political grounds..

  • CLIFFORD 3 months ago

    Why is gifty aware still at gfa. Her character is questionable. Why hasn't the govt written to Fifa to suspend her appointment with gfa until investigation is completed

  • TRUTH 3 months ago

    This Gifty Oware's hands is in every corruption news in Ghana since January 2025. Why is she walking the streets of Ghana? She was the architect of the 800 plus ghost names with the National Service. This scheme alone result ...
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  • Donatus 3 months ago

    Some of this news are disturbing. How? The taxpayer pays for ticket and your feeding to go have sex with your husband? So you have the sex, we pay you for having it.

  • Kwame 3 months ago

    Hahaha, expensive sex

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  • Kweku Boateng Jnr 3 months ago

    Interesting but not surprising news.
    Reset the Scholarship secretariat by
    1. Publish the names, regions, of all who received scholarships since 2012.
    2. How much was paid and the areas of study
    3. Stop awarding scholarshi ...
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  • Kwame 3 months ago

    @ Kweku Boateng. You were in power for 8 years why didn't you do that?

  • Achakanapaya 3 months ago

    Npp is a criminal organization who are murderers, hypocrites, thieves and lair's.

  • Fiifi 3 months ago

    Just ask for a refund. That's all. Stop talking plenty

  • Afia 3 months ago

    You mean plea bargaining?

  • Sika 3 months ago

    After all these criminalities they are walking free.
    How many have they been taken to court.

  • Kona 3 months ago

    What is going on here? When did it become a crime to be awarded a GoG scholarship to study abroad. Ayine and Sai enjoyed some, so were many ndc apparachites. Let's pull out the list of beneficiaries during NDC and NPP regimes ...
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  • Ataa Obeng site 19 Tema 3 months ago

    The talking is too much if you can not jail them keep quiet, ghanaians are waiting, if the NDC fails to jail the thieves in the Akuffo Addo's government then Ghana must be handled over to the military

  • COD 3 months ago

    It is time government quit the nonsense of foreign scholarship awards in Ghana. If our schools and universities are sub-standard, we must improve on it to train everyone locally to suit and address our domestic and internal d ...
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  • KofSam 3 months ago

    If the NPP has only ten of the likes of Fifi Kwetey in the hierarchy of the party , corruption and official thievery will be dealt a severe blow in the country.
    Scholarships are meant to be utilized by deserving students but ...
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  • KofSam 3 months ago

    Correction- If the NDC has only ten of the likes of Fifi Kwetey not the corrupt NPP

  • Ambijoe Kulbogo 3 months ago

    What is the AG waiting for, i thought by nw this Gifty Oware was gonna be in jail or standing for trials, i would personal plead with the president that if the AG is failing to execute his duties he must as a matter of urg ...
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  • Wick 3 months ago

    Stop publishing this stuff because some of your Ndc government officials are busily making deals with this criminals and nation wreckers…There’s not going to be any prosecutions….Finitoo….

  • Marcus Adepaye 3 months ago

    The NDC does worse when in government over the years. Isn't only NDC leaders families who enjoyed scholarships over the period?? We are watching what good you will do.

  • Kwame 3 months ago

    Hmmm, nothing will happen to them. They already intend paying back to government. It's sad though, every thief should attempt returning the lot and you will be saved. Period! prisons will be decongested.

  • Joko 3 months ago

    The deputy attorney general , Felix Quakye etc all enjoy scholarships .What sort of nonsense is this ? We lived in a country where PNDC instituted blantant discrimination by giving all foreign scholarships to Voltarians and N ...
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  • GTP 3 months ago

    Two thieves in the picture. A man and a woman shared cloth to sew dress. Tweaaaa

  • gh.citizen 3 months ago

    What crime did Ghanaians commit to have suffered this kind of rape of our resources, and at the end of the day, gave some of us the investors unsolicited haircuts?

  • New Ghana 3 months ago

    Why are they still walking free? Jail them and let them pay back the monies with interest.

  • Kwam 3 months ago

    Eiiiii Ghana, so all these happened under the NPP government and they want to comeback to power again to continue the loot. Ohhh my God!!!

  • TORTOISE 3 months ago

    THE PROPAGANDIST PROPAGANDA
    The reports should come from the Law Courts where the alleged culprits are on trial.
    Social media reports are mere cloudy propaganda to create the impression that the ORAL of the NDC is fulfilli ...
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  • Jahbless 3 months ago

    This country must be turn outside down.we cant allow few people to milk this state like that. Politicians are the most evil people who are turning this state into gutters and benefiting from it.

  • Long_Talk 3 months ago

    NDC appointees be careful with the everyday“Kweku Ananse“ stories been told.This is not the reason the grassroots fought for the party to be voted.
    People sacrificed their lives at the polling stations just to make sure ...
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  • Bambus 3 months ago

    This is unbelievable from GFA to NSS & now Scholarship Secretariat what a woooooooooooow.
    And she is walking freely been protected by Randy Abbey‘s GFA.
    John Mahama if you don’t get your people to work Massa
    Julius De ...
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  • Sammy 3 months ago

    Rubbish and propaganda story.
    Maka a credible audit and publish all the NDC people who benefited from this Scholarship scheme.

  • Truth Seeker 3 months ago

    You are a miserable fool. If someone commits a crime must you spare her because there were some crimes that never got punished? You fool.
    Why didn't NPP publish all beneficiaries' names?

  • Kojo 3 months ago

    And the AG is busy doing bargain plea for such a criminal who must be shot dead.

  • Test2 3 months ago

    GHANA WILL NEVER PROGRESS VERY DISHONEST COUNTRY LED BY UGLY LOOKING AKAN/ASHANTIS THESE PEOPLE ARE WITCHES
    AND SUCH RATS ARE STILL WALKING FREE IN GHANA LOOK AT HOW POVERTY PREVAILS IN GHANA GO TO THE NIRTH NO GOOD DRINKIN ...
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  • Augustina Quayson 3 months ago

    Please who is Government Official No. 1?

  • OSAFO KANTANKA 3 months ago

    This NPP should NEVER get back to any kind of government in the country. The NPP should be dissolved and all the LEADERSHIP rounded up and Charged. They can’t seriously consider themselves as GHANAIANS. Even some downrigh ...
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  • Kk 3 months ago

    Our politicians have no conscience. They are criminals of the highest order. Jail this corrupt couple asap. Thieves. They are not in this enterprise alone. Both ndc and npp are Thieves.

  • Opana 3 months ago

    Is not about lamenting on radio and TV as well during press conferences. We neutrals are waiting for action. Jail them them if there is a breach of the law. Am sure there's

  • Truth stands 3 months ago

    Npp is evil party . How can you do this to Ghanaians???
    There are very poor people who cannot even pay their SHS, university fees, hostel fees.
    Why? Why, why why
    The Almighty God will punish all those who have done this ...
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  • ??? 3 months ago

    Ghanaweb, edit the report. 'Dependants' not 'Dependents'

  • Mental charter 3 months ago

    Deputy AG Dr Sai.....was a beneficial

  • Makalu 3 months ago

    We are sick and tired of such complaints. Today this, tomorrow that with nothing happening to them. This lady was in Morocco with female national team and her name popped up for corruption. It was out there that she might not ...
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  • Ken 3 months ago

    Shameless people

  • Patrick Dankwa. 3 months ago

    Nonsense is he not. Ghanaian when he acquired the knowledge he would come to Ghana to help o in buit the country Ghana just as the wife IT is unfortunate some of Ghana so calledi educated don't have common ...
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  • jamesbonsu865@gmail.com 3 months ago

    Nana Addo, is this allegations true, cronyism, well some people will say, oh they are Ghanians too and qualify but is it right the way it went, Nana, in the Bible in which everybody quoted, " A good name is better than power ...
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  • Northern Boy 3 months ago

    It's understandable why some countries used to or still execute people for corruption..

  • Kofi 3 months ago

    current AG benefitted from 80 thousand pounds scholarship

  • Augustina Quayson 3 months ago

    Please the Scholarship Secretariat should be scrapped for it has outlived it's usefulness. It is being misused by both NPP and NDC. Please in the years before lndependence and in the early years of Independence the ...
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  • Edmond Amponsah 3 months ago

    If there is any wrong doing by the recipients of the scholarships then prosecute them and get refund for the state.
    However, if support to the recipients dependants is an existing noms then there no wrong doing. As new mana ...
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  • Stephen Johnson 3 months ago

    NPP what has Ghana done to deserve such a treatment..

  • Akajatayogogo 3 months ago

    NDC president Mahama are Weak, Adu Boahene,Peter Amewu,Gifty Oware,Wontumi,Paul Adom Otchere etc were arrested up to now they're not into prison. People who stole and looted Ghanaians Taxpayers monies which cost financial los ...
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  • JULOR CAESAR 3 months ago

    The Ghana government should not be in the business of wasting money on persons wanting to study for their advanced law degrees at foreign universities. The money wasted on just one recipient and his spouse could have been use ...
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  • Lee Terkpor. Novice in action. 3 months ago

    What's wrong with we Ghanaians? How can you put someone like asafo agyei to head scholarship secretariat?? This dickhead is a novice. Didn't srem sai awarded 142 thousand dollars scholarship to study in the USA during Nana Ad ...
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  • Kissangani 3 months ago

    Its good NPP lost the 2024 elections. They don't mean for this country at all and should never be allowed back until better leaders take over the party. What type of bad leadership is this???

  • Delali 3 months ago

    The stop wasting money on foreign scholarships.
    Scholarships must cover Universities in Ghana only!

  • Victor Bonssrah 3 months ago

    Yes if these men and women are found guilty by court of law then they should pay the price for defrauding the state.But those of you who thinks that only NPP steals then you don't know how wretched you're.Why? Because God say ...
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