The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) disclosed that it commenced an investigation into the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat in July of the previous year.
The Secretariat is among the institutions currently under active investigation by the OSP for corruption and related activities.
“The Office of the Special Prosecutor commenced investigations into suspected corruption and corruption-related offences at the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat circa July 2023. The investigation is active and ongoing,” the OSP said.
These comments were contained in a press statement addressing a complaint titled “Report of Suspected Corruption and Corruption-Related Offences in the award of Scholarships by the Registrar of Ghana Scholarship Secretariat- Kingsley Oppong Agyeman.”
The Scholarship Secretariat has been making headlines recently after a Fourth Estate investigation uncovered instances of scholarships being awarded to individuals from financially well-off backgrounds.
Among those individuals are the daughters of Ghanaian lawyer and politician Freddie Blay and a former Inspector General of Police.
This contradicts the Scholarship Secretariat’s mandate of providing scholarships to deserving but financially disadvantaged students.
The investigations also showed that “powerful” individuals are sometimes offered double scholarships.