Ghana is flooded with many doctorate degrees from unaccredited universities.
The Valdosata State University, in Valdosata, US, has reportedly drawn the attention of Ghana’s Minister of Education to the number of prominent individuals in Ghana who have acquired doctorate degrees from unaccredited tertiary institutions in the US.
The university based its conclusions on extensive research and has made available an alarmingly long list of tertiary institutions and prominent individuals in Ghana who got their degrees from these schools.
Given that these individuals permeate all sectors of Ghanaian society, the effects of the influence will have dire consequences for Ghana, if their educational status is not checked and rectified.
“As a country, Ghana can only be as good as the institutions it builds. Building excellent institutions implies that the laws of the land apply in a just and fair manner to all manner of people—the poor, the rich, the educated, the uneducated, the politician, the foot soldier, the religious leaders, etc,” Valdosata State University said in a letter to Ghana’s Minister of Education, Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang and sighted by Pulse.com.gh.
Here are the individuals who have purportedly gotten degrees from questionable universities in the U.S.
Dr. Hassan Ayariga- Atlantic International University, Hawaii (not accredited by OPE, listed as unaccredited by the National Accreditation Board and faced Consumer Protection lawsuit for being unaccredited.)
(Dr). Sherry Ayittey, (Dr.) Kofi Portuphy, (Dr.) Gilbert Abeiku Aggrey, (Dr.) Gifty Anti, (Dr.) Bernard Otabil, (Dr.) John Kudalor (IGP), (Dr.) Kwasi Appiah-Dayspring Christian University and affiliates discredited by NAB on September 18, 2014.