By Ebi Kesiena
Several Ghanaian students sponsored by their government to study in Morocco have staged a protest over unpaid stipends that have been in arrears for many months.
As seen in a video shared by YEN.com.gh, the students are struggling to survive due to the delayed payments.
The students reported that they have not received their stipends for nearly 11 months, placing them in severe financial distress. This situation has left them unable to meet basic needs such as food and accommodation.
One female student, visibly emotional, shared her plight, explaining how the lack of funds has severely impacted her ability to afford essential items like sanitary pads.
“As ladies here, we are not even able to afford basic needs like sanitary pads, and the worst of it all is, like, your parents would send you money and it gets here and is nothing,” she said through tears.
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A male student also spoke out, demanding the immediate release of over 10 months’ worth of unpaid stipends. “We live in a country where rent is $120 per month, the cheapest you can get, at a place without security, but we have managed to live there because even the stipends we have are not enough,” he explained. “It has been almost 11 months without this stipend. The question is, how do we survive? Our landlords are chasing us from our apartments. Some of us are sleeping with friends, some of us are sleeping outside.”
In a desperate plea, the students knelt and begged President Akufo-Addo to intervene, highlighting the severe hardships they are facing far from home.
Heritage Times HT recalls that only recently, Nigerian students studying in Teesside University UK also staged a protest against their eviction by the varsity authorities over the Naira crisis that has affected their ability to pay tuition fees on time.
