Alex Kwaku Asafo-Agyei, the Director-General of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, has broken his silence regarding claims made by the former National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) CEO Kofi Ofosu Nkansah.
It will be recalled that Kofi Ofosu Nkansah on Sompa 106.5 FM alleged that an individual paid money to secure a scholarship to pursue studies abroad under this current NDC government.
He stated, “These are the things Dr Bawumia says he would stop, and so he is bringing digitalisation, which was accepted by the delegates. I would not be a hypocrite to pretend that it doesn’t happen, because even with the new NDC government, I know people who have bought a foreign scholarship… The person bought the scholarship and has travelled abroad.
“I don’t know the exact amount the scholarships are sold for, but some cost up to GH¢100,000. Some NPP members are even buying it to travel abroad, I’m telling you,” he claimed.
He added, “What I’m trying to say is that whether the NDC is in power or the NPP, some of these excesses happen. We cannot pretend or think that it doesn’t happen. I’m talking about things that have already happened.”
This led to President John Dramani Mahama, who directed the NIB to immediately investigate corruption allegations in the award of foreign scholarships.
According to the Presidency, the allegation by Kofi Ofosu Nkansah in the award of overseas scholarships is a matter of “grave public concern”.
Alex Kwaku Asafo-Agyei, in a social media post, debunked the allegations, stating that the government has not even issued one scholarship for any person to study in the United Kingdom since it took office.
In a post shared on social media on February 3, 2026, the Director-General of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat wrote, “I am glad His Excellency John Dramani Mahama has taken the wild allegations by Kofi Ofosu Nkansah on Sompa FM seriously and referred the matter to the National Investigation Bureau (NIB) for a full investigation into claims that scholarships were sold by some State institutions to some NPP party members to Ghanaians to study in the United Kingdom (UK).
In his quest for relevance in his sinking party, he conveniently ignored a simple fact: For example, if you take the Ghana Scholarship Authority, under my leadership as Director-General, not a single scholarship award has been made for anyone to study in the United Kingdom, as he alludes. – This position has been well communicated to institutions in the UK.
The evil that men do indeed lives after them. While the erstwhile Akufo-Addo administration left the nation worse off with the past Registrar having issued fake awards into March 2025, one thing is now certain – the era where the rich, connected and influential cornered scholarships outside merit is over.
Under the resetting agenda, scholarships have been reclaimed for deserving Ghanaians, anchored on transparency, fairness and merit, with zero tolerance for corruption.
For every act of plunder perpetrated against the nation, full accountability will be demanded, and the time for reckoning is fast approaching”.
Meanwhile, Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, has since been picked up by the National Investigation Bureau (NIB).
The news shared by the CEO of the Ghana Digital Centres Limited detailed that Kofi Ofosu Nkansah was picked up after refusing the NIB’s invitation.
He added that Kofi Ofosu Nkansah has been picked up to substantiate his allegations of the sale of foreign scholarships.
In a Facebook post, Dzifa Gunu stated, “ Breaking news.
Kofi Ofosu Nkansah has been picked up by the NIB to substantiate his allegations of the sale of foreign scholarships.
He is currently in the grips of the NIB after refusing their invitation”.
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