Diaspora News of Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Source: thechronicle.com.gh

234 Ghanaian students stranded in Russia

Hannah Tetteh Minister for Foreign Affairs. Hannah Tetteh Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Ghanaian student numbering 234 are allegedly stranded in Russia over government's inability to pay their stipends, the chronicle reports.

The fate of these 234 Ghanaian students studying in Russia on Government of Ghana scholarship is in jeopardy, as the state has reportedly not paid their stipends over the past four months.

Currently, in a climate of negative 23 degrees Celsius, these stranded students have been left at the mercy of the harsh weather conditions without food, winter coats and boots.