Minority demands immediate release of fmr NEIP CEO being held by NIB over scholarship for sale comment

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has called for the immediate release of former CEO of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) Mr Kofi Ofosu Nkansah.

They have described his reported detention by the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) as “totally unacceptable in the pursuit of justice.”

In a statement issued on February 11, 2026, and signed by Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh, the Caucus condemned what it termed an abuse of power.

The statement said that the investigation of Mr Ofosu Nkansah followed a directive from the Secretary to the President, Mr Callistus Mahama, dated February 3, requesting the NIB to investigate allegations he allegedly made on Sompa Radio concerning the payment of money to secure a foreign scholarship.

During the radio discussion under reference, Mr Nkansah alleged that about GHC100,000 was paid to secure scholarship opportunities abroad.

Mr Ofosu Nkansah subsequently presented himself at the NIB on February 5, accompanied by legal counsel, and was permitted to leave without being charged.

According to the Minority, he was later invited again while in Kumasi attending to his seriously ill father. Although he requested to report on February 11, he eventually complied with the Bureau’s insistence.

Upon arrival, he was reportedly taken to his residence by heavily armed officers for a search and later returned to the NIB office at Nima before being moved to what the Caucus described as an unknown location.

“As far as we know, Mr Ofosu is at an unknown location; and given the manner in which he was reported to have been hurled away, we cannot imagine the ordeal he is undergoing with no recourse to his legal counsel,” the statement said.

The Caucus argued that such actions are excessive and undermine the rule of law and democratic governance.

Declaring the situation “totally unacceptable,” the Minority demanded his immediate release and insisted that “further investigations ought to be carried out in a civil and dignified manner as we have been permitted to do under law.”

It added that it would not remain silent while citizens are treated unfairly by institutions mandated to uphold justice and professionalism.