{"id":143683,"date":"2015-08-15T17:25:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T17:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=143683"},"modified":"2015-08-15T16:27:05","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T16:27:05","slug":"medical-students-in-cuba-not-stranded-john-tia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/medical-students-in-cuba-not-stranded-john-tia\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical students in Cuba not stranded &#8211; John Tia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ghana\u2019s Ambassador to Cuba, John Tia Akologo has refuted reports that some twenty Ghanaian student medical doctors in Cuba are stranded in Cuba due to unpaid allowances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, the delays are as a result of the inability of some of the student doctors to complete requirements to process their documents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;YW8VtXAZsa9o7xqkHI4Et5Mz5EZIm04I&#8221;]\u201cIt is not true that they are stranded and that they cannot go home because this embassy has made all arrangements for those of them who have finished transcribing their academic documents into English to the embassy\u2026when they graduate they are supposed to transcribe all their documents from Spanish into English to enable the Ghanaian authorities take further action,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">About 20 Ghanaian medical students are reported to be stranded in Cuba for the non-payment of their allowances for the past eight months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The situation according to the students has made life unbearable for them as they have resorted to borrowing from their colleagues from other countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of the students who spoke to Citi News say they are likely to miss out on the deadline for their medical examinations in Ghana if government does not come to their aid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, the Ambassador, John Tia Akologo who conceded that government has not paid the allowances for the past eight months however indicated that the embassy is ready to assist students who want to return to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe have told them those who are willing could go home now, and then when the allowances are made, we will make arrangements and send the monies to them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citifmoniline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s Ambassador to Cuba, John Tia Akologo has refuted reports that some twenty Ghanaian student medical doctors in Cuba are stranded in Cuba due to unpaid allowances. 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