A member of the Board of Overseers at Harvard University, Sangu Delle, has refuted the claim that a conference at the prestigious American Ivy League institution costs as much as US$30,000.
His response was prompted by a 2020 report from the Auditor-General regarding GETFund scholarships.
According to this report, a sitting Member of Parliament, Sarah Adwoa Safo, had received a scholarship valued at US$30,000, supposedly for attendance at a Harvard conference.
At the time, Sarah Adwoa Safo held the position of Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament and was among several politicians, including Energy and Employment and Labour Relations ministers, who benefited from these scholarships. However, the official report specified that the total cost of Sarah Adwoa Safo’s conference at Harvard was US$29,804, which covered both tuition and living allowances.
“I’m on the Board of Overseers at Harvard University and I can tell you for a FACT that there’s no conference at Harvard that costs $30,000 for attendees. “Hon” Adwoa Safo & the others need to be in jail for such reckless abuse of public funds,” he tweeted over the weekend.
Delle was one of the many diasporans who participated in the online #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest against the government.
He made a number of promises, including that he would cover the expense of some individuals’ medical care who had been subjected to police brutality after being wrongfully detained on September 21, the first day of the three-day protest.