The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) has disclosed that five lecturers who were sponsored to pursue doctoral programmes abroad failed to honour their contractual obligations, resulting in a total debt of GH¢1.7 million owed to the institution.
This revelation was made during a sitting of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on Monday, January 12, 2026. According to Victoria Kumbuor, Registrar of GIMPA, the defaulting lecturers include Ann-Shirley Appiatse who owes GH¢777,000, Julius Quarshie who owes GH¢524,000, Dr. Hanson Addy who owes GH¢224,000, Afua Ataa Boakyewaa who owes GH¢230,000, and Christiana Osei Bonsu who has an outstanding amount of GH¢38,700.
She stated that the institution has taken measures to enforce recovery, including freezing the entitlements of guarantors who backed the defaulting lecturers under the bonding arrangements.
According to her, these measures form part of GIMPA’s broader efforts to safeguard public funds and ensure compliance with sponsorship agreements tied to staff development programmes.
“The indebtedness has to do with sponsorships that the institute offered to some of our faculty to pursue PhD programmes, with the expectation that they would return to support the institute’s operations.
“Even though they signed the bonds, some of them refused to return. As a result, a decision was made to freeze their entitlements, including their provident fund and credit scheme benefits, as well as those of their guarantors. We have been able to recover some of the money,” she said.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
