Wednesday, 9 April 2014

Three Ghanaian medical students in Cuba are jailed for robbery.

Three Ghanaian medical students studying in Cuba on Government of Ghana scholarship have been arrested for allegedly robbing a hotel.


The three, all male, are said to be children of some high level public officials including a deputy minister of state. The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Ghana has confirmed the arrests to Joy News.

There have been recurring incidences of students on scholarship abroad sending SOS to complain about government’s failure to pay their allowances. Out of frustration some students were compelled to go into robbery. 

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The situation is having serious effect on the education of about 350 medical students in Cuba. “The students have been jailed for about two months now,” a source claimed.

Another distraught student told Joy News the government has for seven consecutive months defaulted in giving them $250 monthly subvention. This has been compounded by the rising cost of living in Cuba, he noted, “withholding the monthly subvention is killing us”.

They are unable to buy food, cloth, and undertake their research works among other important needs, the students narrated their ordeal as they made clarion calls on the government to live up to it's responsibilities no matter how small the amount they have been promised.


**African governments are the same everywhere.

 

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

poor guys.

Anonymous said...

robbery is not the option.

Anonymous said...

sad.

Anonymous said...

sad

Sunshine D said...

Sad. Poor guys.