Registrar of the Scholarship Secretariat, Dr. Kingsley Agyemang, has called for swift legislation to streamline the distribution of scholarships in the country.

He highlighted that the current challenges faced by officers in making decisions are due to the absence of clear legislation defining who qualifies as a needy individual for the scholarships.

Dr. Agyemang's statement was made in response to a recent publication by the Fourth Estate, which alleged that scholarships are unfairly distributed to well-connected affluent individuals in the country.

He emphasized the necessity of scholarship legislation to dispel any misconceptions about eligibility criteria.

“I think a scholarship legislation is so eminent and that will set out everything that we need to do or how the funds need to be managed.

“It's been managed over the years by the dexterity of leaders. What I think is so important - so in conjunction with maybe National Development Planning Commission and DPC to really identify priority areas that as Ghanaians, we need to.”

He questioned whether those referred to as middle-income earners, such as public sector workers, are middle-income earners in line with best practices or economic conditions.

The registrar of the Scholarship Secretariat emphasised that even civil servants fall within the category of people who genuinely need scholarship support, saying “Every Ghanaian except the high earners is a needy person."