GRASAG Gives Govt One Week To Pay Research Grants Owed Them

The leadership of the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG) has issued a week ultimatum to the government demanding the payment of research support grants, commonly known as “bursaries”, owed them

The association earlier this year expressed concerns over the three-year delay in the disbursement of funds.
During a press briefing in Accra, the President of the University of Ghana Chapter for GRASAG, Claudius Angsongna said the unpaid grants are taking a toll on student activities.

He threatened that they would demonstrate if their concerns were not addressed promptly.

Read the statement below;

“We wish to express our profound dissatisfaction with the persistent delays in the disbursement of research grants by the Scholarship Secretariat. Despite the repeated assurances, the crucial financial assistance required for our research endeavours remains elusive.

“For approximately three years now, GRASAG members have been deprived of any governmental support to conduct research. We implore the director of the Scholarship Secretariat to promptly address the issue to fulfil the obligations of graduate students. Graduate students are neglected, and we’re suffering.

“We call on the government to increase the funding for graduate students and ensure that we’re adequately resourced. We demand a response from the government within a week, in the absence of that, we will organize nationwide demonstrations and further press conferences to highlight our grievances.”