‘Our client will be vindicated’ — Lawyers defend Kingsley Agyemang over scholarship allegations
A former Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat and Abuakwa South MP, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has denied wrongdoing in the management of scholarships during his tenure.
His lawyers have also criticised Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland, Sabah Zita Benson, for what they describe as public attempts to ridicule their client while investigations into alleged corruption at the Scholarship Secretariat are ongoing.
This comes after the envoy, in a series of social media posts, accused the former GSS boss of improper handling of the award of scholarships during his tenure.
She claims that, under the previous administration, the Secretariat made huge payments to some selected awardees including allowance and accommodations for spouses of beneficiaries in the United Kingdom.
However, in a statement issued on Thursday, August 13, law firm Sarkodie Baffour Awuah & Partners, representing the former Scholarship Secretariat boss, said "Our client maintains that he executed his work as former Registrar of the Scholarship Secretariat with utmost diligence and therefore denies any wrong doing."
The lawyers said investigations had already been initiated into allegations surrounding the award of scholarships during the previous administration.
They therefore questioned the decision by the High Commissioner to publicly comment on the matter rather than allowing the relevant investigative bodies to complete their work.
They described the High Commissioner’s approach as “regrettable and unwarranted”, arguing that their client had made himself available to investigators and fully cooperated with them.
“Our client has not only availed himself to the said state security agencies but has fully cooperated with them with a view to ensuring that the allegations are thoroughly investigated, his name is completely cleared, and the matter is brought to a definitive conclusion,” they said.
The latest development is part of a long-running controversy over the management of government scholarships and outstanding scholarship obligations to Ghanaian students abroad.
In December 2025, Dr Agyemang rejected claims by Mrs Benson that his tenure left behind a £32 million scholarship debt affecting Ghanaian students in the United Kingdom.
He said he inherited about GH¢230 million in arrears and argued that scholarship liabilities are carried over because academic and government financial years do not align.
Mrs Benson, however, maintained that Dr Agyemang and his team left a £35 million debt, with only about £3 million having been settled at the time.