The former public service minister was personally involved in selecting students and members of the public service for scholarship awards and training programmes, according to Soyinka Grogan, Manager of the Scholarship Department of the former Public Service Ministry.
Grogan, who testified yesterday when the Public Service Commission of Inquiry (CoI) began public hearings, also said some selected individuals did not meet the criteria for the awards but the government would make representations for them.
Although Grogan did not name the minister, current PPP/C parliamentarian Dr Jennifer Westford held the post from 2001 to May this year,
