Editorial: Phoney Honorary Degrees

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The mask 11 years ago

There are many fields where Ghana lacks the needed expertise. To solve this problem the government of Ghana has over the decades made scholarships available for the needed human resource to be trained abroad. In some cases so ...
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There are many fields where Ghana lacks the needed expertise. To solve this problem the government of Ghana has over the decades made scholarships available for the needed human resource to be trained abroad. In some cases so many people were sent and not even one returned. If you know you are not prepared to work and live in Ghana and would therefore not return do not take the scholarships.

The Takoradi Poly Students who were sacked for applying with fake certificates must be prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction. Just sacking them is not enough.

Nowadays businesses and government organisations have stopped demanding Secondary School Certificate or Basic Education Certificate.

Each of these certificates are important. For example for many tertiary graduates the only certificate that can tell whether one can speak good English or whether one has adequate knowledge of Mathematics is the Secondary School Certificate.

Similarly the only certificate that can tell whether a tertiary graduate has basic knowledge of Ghanaian history, culture, agriculture and the basic geography of West Africa is the Basic Education Certificate.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 11 years ago

How Pastor Wengam cherishes being called "Dr" Wengam!!! How many people know he got the degree from a backstreet theological seminary?

Even worse is "Dr" Otabil!!! He bought it from a street preacher! And he uses SDA scrip ...
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How Pastor Wengam cherishes being called "Dr" Wengam!!! How many people know he got the degree from a backstreet theological seminary?

Even worse is "Dr" Otabil!!! He bought it from a street preacher! And he uses SDA scripts for his preaching and people think he is brilliant. The only thing that came from Otabil's head was when he said that anyone who says all-die-be-die is bad company who must be avoided. May be he did not know it was Nana Addo who originated it and so tried to prevent people from quoting it to show how cursed Nana is since God hates this statement with a passion!

And what a cheat Otabil is - extorting students of his university.

Now, because NDC withdrew his diplomatic passport he is always bitter!
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

too many fake doctors in Ghana. Every fool is a doctor!!!

too many fake doctors in Ghana. Every fool is a doctor!!!
Dr. Kwabena Adjei 11 years ago

DaySpring Christian University is in Ghana only for the business of conferring bogus honorary degrees on morons like Kofi Portuphy. It has become an annual thing, so very soon every Tom, Dick and Kofi with little bit of cash ...
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DaySpring Christian University is in Ghana only for the business of conferring bogus honorary degrees on morons like Kofi Portuphy. It has become an annual thing, so very soon every Tom, Dick and Kofi with little bit of cash can buy a doctorate from this bogus school.

Because Portuphy is going to challenge a real PhD professional Dr. Kwabena Adjei for the NDC chairmanship, he's running around buying all kinds of titles and accolades, if you want the real deal, you earn it in the classroom
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

they want cheap titles

they want cheap titles
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

and the cabinet is full of fakes

and the cabinet is full of fakes
Ajit Babu 11 years ago

Africans are useless people. Honorary degrees just seem to boost their sunken self esteem and inflated egos. What kind of fraudulent and phony humans are these? Pathetic!

Africans are useless people. Honorary degrees just seem to boost their sunken self esteem and inflated egos. What kind of fraudulent and phony humans are these? Pathetic!
Quyanor 11 years ago

Give a Ghanaian a fake & bogus degree and he/she will wipe your arse till he/she dies if she/he is rich them you have got a pension till he/she dies and with women free sex. Most of Mahama colleagues hid behind Late Atta Mill ...
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Give a Ghanaian a fake & bogus degree and he/she will wipe your arse till he/she dies if she/he is rich them you have got a pension till he/she dies and with women free sex. Most of Mahama colleagues hid behind Late Atta Mills with bogus degrees
Ant 11 years ago

They've become so cheap, even our zongos are awash with fake PhDs! Just imagine, after spending all his life in the zongo & never stepping into a classroom in his life, the chief imam now refers to himself as "Dr" Usman Nuhu ...
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They've become so cheap, even our zongos are awash with fake PhDs! Just imagine, after spending all his life in the zongo & never stepping into a classroom in his life, the chief imam now refers to himself as "Dr" Usman Nuhu Sharabutu! You guessed right, he bought it from that 2 by 4 Islamic "university" around Ajirigano! Can it get any cheaper???
koffi parker 11 years ago

Just check it out its everywhere everyone needs some form of title NANA,Okatakyie,Dasebre,Prophet,Right Rev.Dr. ............

Just check it out its everywhere everyone needs some form of title NANA,Okatakyie,Dasebre,Prophet,Right Rev.Dr. ............

JESSE BERKLEY 11 years ago

LET US PUT THEIR NAMES ON A LIST AND EXPOSE THEIR PROPER EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUNDS OR LAST KNOWN SCHOOL. IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WITH A FAKE/HONORARY DOCTORATE SEND THE NAME TO GHANAWEB. I WILL START IT HERE TODAY ...
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LET US PUT THEIR NAMES ON A LIST AND EXPOSE THEIR PROPER EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUNDS OR LAST KNOWN SCHOOL. IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WITH A FAKE/HONORARY DOCTORATE SEND THE NAME TO GHANAWEB. I WILL START IT HERE TODAY:

"DR" HENRY LARTEY
"SIR" "DR" KOFI PORTUPHY
"DR" EKWOW SPIO-GARBRAH
"DR KWASI APPIAH
"DR KWAME DESPITE

PLEASE ADD ON TO THE LIST.
BEAR IN MIND THAT DOCTORATES ARE AWARDED THROUGH SERIOUS STUDIES AND WELL GROUNDED RESEARCH NOT THIEVERY, BANDITRY AND SYCOPHANCY. SANITY MUST PREVAIL. LET'S CLEAN OUR COUNTRY FROM CHARLATANS AND IDIOTS. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

Dapaah, the former minister has a doctorate (honorary) paid for (??)

Duncan has one too (honorary) paid for (??)

Dapaah, the former minister has a doctorate (honorary) paid for (??)

Duncan has one too (honorary) paid for (??)
Graduate 11 years ago

Talking about phoney degrees, do not forget about the many 'Professors' who have sprung up from nowhere these past two decades! We now have enough professors to go round we probably will have professors heading second cycle i ...
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Talking about phoney degrees, do not forget about the many 'Professors' who have sprung up from nowhere these past two decades! We now have enough professors to go round we probably will have professors heading second cycle institutions in a couple of years!
What we expect to see is a guild of professors coming together to help solve the nations 'challenges'. We can start by setting up a guild of Economic Professors to tackle our ecominy!
osei yaw - london 11 years ago

This arcle is not written in plain English; eyesore to read

- was it written by America's infamous dimwit PhD Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, or there is another him about in Ghana?

Osei Wusu-Khanin/osei yaw - london

This arcle is not written in plain English; eyesore to read

- was it written by America's infamous dimwit PhD Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, or there is another him about in Ghana?

Osei Wusu-Khanin/osei yaw - london
Ajit Babu 11 years ago

What type of English can you write, FOOL?

What type of English can you write, FOOL?
osei yaw - london 11 years ago

Poor Ajit Babu, is that all you can say

- haven't you got sufficient English vocabulary to say more?

Osei Wusu-Khanin/osei yaw - london

Poor Ajit Babu, is that all you can say

- haven't you got sufficient English vocabulary to say more?

Osei Wusu-Khanin/osei yaw - london
Ossify, USA 11 years ago

This tragedy began with Mr. Spio Garbrah running away with a fake title.

This tragedy began with Mr. Spio Garbrah running away with a fake title.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 years ago

What about Kwame Nkrumah? What PhD did he hold and in what subject? Someone should educate me on that.

What about Kwame Nkrumah? What PhD did he hold and in what subject? Someone should educate me on that.
Kenkey Warriors!! 11 years ago

The loud mouth thieving mayor of Accra bought his too.

The loud mouth thieving mayor of Accra bought his too.
onipanua 11 years ago

60 private universities in Ghana? I just can't believe this.And they are awarding so many first classes etc to boost their images and help their students get jobs.And where are the jobs for them to do?

60 private universities in Ghana? I just can't believe this.And they are awarding so many first classes etc to boost their images and help their students get jobs.And where are the jobs for them to do?

Kenkey Warriors!! 11 years ago

Even his dumbness AA got one.

Even his dumbness AA got one.
Rastafara"I" 11 years ago

The universities in Ghana awarding these degrees do not deserve to recognized anyway,,phony universities

The universities in Ghana awarding these degrees do not deserve to recognized anyway,,phony universities
USMAN 11 years ago

Read this:"...Exploiting our penchant for such high flaunting appellations, which these institutions hardly heard of in their own countries, have constantly bestowed the useless and worthless titles to people who can pay for ...
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Read this:"...Exploiting our penchant for such high flaunting appellations, which these institutions hardly heard of in their own countries, have constantly bestowed the useless and worthless titles to people who can pay for the service directly and indirectly."
OB 11 years ago

'DR' Nana Atakora of Atlanta bought his phoney degree too.

'DR' Nana Atakora of Atlanta bought his phoney degree too.
From Deegbe 11 years ago

USA gave us good institutions like Harvard. It also harbours hundreds of degree-for-sale institutions like DAYSPRING .... whatever.
They offered me one for cash, I told them even if they pay me, I would not take it.
Then th ...
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USA gave us good institutions like Harvard. It also harbours hundreds of degree-for-sale institutions like DAYSPRING .... whatever.
They offered me one for cash, I told them even if they pay me, I would not take it.
Then there is this publication of WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD: same mode of operation

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