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The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) has revealed that five lecturers sponsored to pursue doctoral programmes abroad have defaulted on their bond obligations, leaving the institution with an outstanding debt of GH¢1.7 million.
The disclosure was made at a sitting of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on Monday, January 12, 2026, where the Registrar of GIMPA, Victoria Kumbuor, provided details of the default and the recovery measures being enforced.
According to the institute, Ann-Shirley Appiatse owes GH¢777,000, Julius Quarshie owes GH¢524,000, Dr Hanson Addy owes GH¢224,000, Afua Ataa Boakyewaa owes GH¢230,000, while Christiana Osei Bonsu owes GH¢38,700.
Ms Kumbuor explained that the debts arose from staff sponsorship agreements under which the lecturers were funded to pursue PhD programmes abroad, with the expectation that they would return to serve the institute upon completion.
She told the committee that GIMPA has activated recovery mechanisms, including freezing the entitlements of guarantors who backed the defaulting lecturers under the bonding arrangements.
“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,” she said.
She added that the institute has frozen benefits such as provident fund and credit scheme entitlements of both the defaulting lecturers and their guarantors, noting that some amounts have already been recovered.
