NPP's Nkansah arrested over GH¢100k scholarship-for-sale claims

The National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) has reportedly arrested former CEO of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Kofi Owusu Nkansah, over his allegations that foreign government scholarships were being sold under the John Dramani Mahama government.

This is according to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Digital Centres Limited, Dzifa Gunu.

Dzifa Gunu, in a post shared on Facebook on February 5, 2026, indicated that Nkansah was picked up and is now in the custody of the NIB.

“Kofi Ofosu Nkansah has been picked up by the NIB to substantiate his allegations of the sale of foreign scholarships.

“He is currently in the grips of the NIB after refusing their invitation,” Gunu noted.

GhanaWeb earlier reported that Nkansah had been invited by the NIB over the comments he made.

What the former NEIP boss said:

Speaking in a recent interview on Sompa FM, Nkansah alleged that he knows people, including members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who have purchased some of these scholarships for sums as high as GH¢100,000 or more.

“These are the things Dr Bawumia says he would stop, and so he is bringing digitalisation, which was accepted by the delegates. I would not be a hypocrite to pretend that it doesn’t happen because, even with the new NDC government, I know people who have bought a foreign scholarship… The person bought the scholarship and has travelled abroad.

“I don’t know the exact amount the scholarships are sold for, but some cost up to GH¢100,000. Some NPP members are even buying it to travel abroad; I’m telling you,” he claimed.

He added, “What I’m trying to say is that whether the NDC is in power or the NPP, some of these excesses happen. We cannot pretend or think that it doesn’t happen. I’m talking about things that have already happened.”

Nkansah, however, stated that he does not know whether the scholarships are being sold through the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), or any other state entity responsible for awarding these scholarships.



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