The National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) have arrested six officials of the Scholarship Secretariat.
The six official arrests follow the ongoing audit into the institution’s operations.
Reports suggest the six were arrested and taken into custody some weeks ago and were later granted bail with further investigations pending.
Meanwhile, the NIB have yet to disclose details of the alleged offences or the specific findings that led to their arrest.
The arrest followed the alleged irregularities under the former leadership of the Secretariat.
The current Registrar, Alexander Asafo-Agyei, since assuming office, have been raising an alarm about the lack of accountability in the Secretariat’s previous administration.
In related news, Alex Kwaku Asafo-Agyei, the current Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, has exposed irregularities in the awarding of scholarships under the former Akufo-Addo government.
The Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat highlighted that an audit of scholarships awarded under the leadership of the former registrar, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, revealed a worrying outcome.
Speaking in a recent interview shared by Kumasi-based Nhyira FM on X, on September 8, 2025, the host read portions of a sponsorship letter signed by the former registrar.
“We confirm that Peter Mensah has been awarded a financial scholarship by the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat to study LLM Law at Brunel University, London, United Kingdom, which commenced in January 2022. The scholarship covers Mensah and his dependent listed above, and it includes all student tuition fees of £17,875 and living expenses of £16,008 per annum. It also covers his dependent and spouse, Gifty Afia Oware-Mensah’s living expenses of £8,160”.
Alex Asafo-Agyei detailed, “The Peter Mensah mentioned is the husband of the very Gifty Oware we all know as the former Deputy Director General of the National Service Authority.
By the mere fact that Peter Mensah was awarded a government scholarship at Brunel, the Scholarship Secretariat used government money, which is £8,160, to also sponsor his wife because Peter Mensah is traveling to study, and his wife, Gifty Oware, has to travel with him to keep him warm. How?” he questioned.
He added, “Even her ticket to travel with her husband was paid for by the Scholarship Secretariat. What crime has the Scholarship Secretariat committed? While we have actual students whose tuitions and stipends are yet to be paid amidst their threats of demonstration, we have sponsored somebody and their entire family as if we are conducting an American lottery program”.
Ghana Scholarship Secretariat described the case of Gifty Oware and her husband as the tip of the iceberg.
Another sponsorship letter read by the registrar stated, “We confirm that Portia Adu Donyina has been awarded a financial scholarship by the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat to study Public Health and Community Studies at Coventry University, UK. The scholarship commenced in February 2021 and ends in February 2022.
The scholarship covers Portia Adu Donyina and her dependents listed above, including all tuition fees of £15,100 and living expenses of £12,180. It also covers her dependents: Joseph Dwamena (spouse), living expenses of £7,605 per annum, and £6,120 per annum each for Nana Yaa Nhyira Dwamena (daughter) and Awurabena Kwakyewaa Dwamena (daughter)”.
Meanwhile, George Opare Addo, the Youth Development and Empowerment Minister, has said Ghana’s scholarships were administered like selling tomatoes in the market.
According to George Opare Addo, based on the investigation conducted by the Fourth Estate, scholarships in Ghana were administered like selling tomatoes.