High Commissioner to UK Zita Benson on why student scholarship payments awarded with 'recklessness' were in arrears

" In a series of social media posts on Wednesday (July 29, 2026) in reaction to a planned street protest by some scholarship beneficiaries in the UK who are owing school fees, the High Commissioner said there were plans underway to clear the arrears and that, "At least we have not been reckless; we paid three million pounds (£3 million) of this recklessness last year (2025).

For example, according to the High Commissioner, "This particular scholarship was given to a 16-year-old to attend a private school (high school level) that will prepare her for a good college, which is outside the mandate of the Scholarship Secretariat," she wrote in a post on Facebook on Wednesday afternoon."At least we have not been reckless; we paid three million pounds of this recklessness last year.