A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communication team, Wonder Madilo, has expressed deep concern over the worsening financial hardships facing Ghanaian students studying abroad on government scholarships, describing the prolonged delay in stipend disbursements as “frightening.”
Speaking on Channel One TV’s Breakfast Daily on Tuesday, May 20, Madilo highlighted the dire situation many scholarship beneficiaries are facing due to the government’s failure to honour its financial commitments under the foreign scholarship programme.
According to him, the delay poses a significant threat to the academic progress and general welfare of the affected students, many of whom are currently stranded overseas without adequate support.
“Without hurting anybody, scholarship is good. Scholarship should be done in the sphere of our developmental goals and our project going forward, and we should sanitise the system. I call on the government to see to their challenges.
“Fourteen months without stipends and allowances is scary. I believe the NDC government can do something about that as quickly as possible, but going forward, some reforms should be done in that regard,” he stated.
Madilo’s comments follow growing agitation by the Coalition of Ghanaian Scholars Abroad, which has announced a peaceful protest scheduled for Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
The group, comprising students from Europe, North America, and Asia, says repeated appeals to the government have gone unanswered, leaving them feeling neglected and desperate.
In a joint statement, the Coalition said the planned demonstration is not only a demand for overdue payments but also a call for dignity and accountability.