The member of parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has denied ever applying for a government scholarship. Mr Ablakwa took to social media to make an emphatic statement denouncing ever being a Government of Ghana scholarship beneficiary. He was reacting to social media posts equalizing the rot at the scholarship secretariat.
“I have never applied for nor been a beneficiary of a government scholarship of any kind. I, therefore, implore the general public to treat with utter contempt the deplorable circulation of this malicious and fake GNPC Foundation Foreign Scholarship list,” the Lawmaker wrote.
Also, the North Tongu MP condemned journalists who proceeded to publish the “defamatory” list without verification. He also demanded an apology from journalist who spread the alleged falsehood.
“I hope these journalists and other known persons engaged in this odious conduct will immediately retract and apologize,” he wrote on Facebook.
Read Ablakwa’s full statement below
I have never applied for nor been a beneficiary of a government scholarship of any kind.
I therefore implore the general public to treat with utter contempt the deplorable circulation of this malicious and fake GNPC Foundation Foreign Scholarship list.
It is most condemnable that some journalists I hitherto had enormous respect for would proceed to further publish this defamatory list without conducting the basic ethical and professional journalistic requirement of verification.
I hope these journalists and other known persons engaged in this odious conduct will immediately retract and apologize.
May I add that I have consequently brought these publications to the attention of my lawyers and would give an indication of my next steps in the coming days.
