Meet Samira Bawumia ’s personal assistant who ‘wasted’ gov’t’s £17,355 scholarship

The investigative piece highlights a grave instance of misallocation of resources, focusing on Fawzy Ramadan, the personal assistant and a relative of Ghana’s Second Lady, Samira Bawumia.

Ramadan was the beneficiary of a generous government scholarship amounting to £17,355, earmarked for an MSc in Global Supply Chain Management at Brunel University in the UK.

This scholarship, like many others, was intended to support the educational endeavors of academically gifted but financially underprivileged Ghanaian students.

However, the investigation reveals a troubling twist to Ramadan’s scholarship story. Despite the significant investment made by the Ghanaian government towards his education, Ramadan never pursued the intended course.

The reason cited for this lapse was an accident Ramadan allegedly encountered during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which purportedly prevented him from deferring his course.

The narrative deepens as it’s reported that Brunel University reached out to Ramadan, demanding payment for accommodation costs incurred due to his absence from the campus.

This scenario underscores not just a financial loss for the state in terms of wasted tuition fees but also highlights a lack of accountability and perhaps a flawed vetting process in the awarding of these scholarships.

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The case of Fawzy Ramadan opens up broader questions about the criteria and transparency surrounding the awarding of government scholarships.

It raises concerns about the fairness of the selection process, especially when the beneficiaries are individuals closely connected to political figures, potentially sidelining the truly needy and deserving students.

This exposé by The Fourth Estate serves as a critical call for a more rigorous, transparent, and equitable scholarship distribution mechanism, ensuring that government resources truly serve the intended purpose of uplifting the academic prospects of the most deserving Ghanaian youth, irrespective of their social or political affiliations.

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