Founder and Presidential Candidate of the All Folks’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has strongly responded to the Ghana Tertiary Schooling Fee (GTEC) following its directive instructing him to instantly stop utilizing the title ‘Dr’.
In a letter dated 14th July and signed by Professor Augustine Ocloo, Deputy Director-Common of GTEC, the Fee said that Mr Ayariga had failed to supply clarification or proof relating to the legitimacy of the educational title, regardless of an earlier request for supporting documentation.
In consequence, GTEC directed Mr Ayariga to cease utilizing the title and supply verifiable proof that it has been faraway from all platforms. These embody official paperwork, institutional profiles, web sites, letterheads and another public or skilled representations. The Fee set thirty first July 2025 because the deadline for full compliance.
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Nevertheless, in a short assertion copied to Pulse Ghana, Mr Ayariga denied information of the letter:
Let me state clearly and categorically that I’ve not acquired any official correspondence from GTEC on this matter. As such, I contemplate the circulation of this letter whether it is certainly real as extremely unprofessional and untimely.
He additionally rejected the directive, accusing GTEC of failing to hold out a radical and neutral investigation. He expressed concern about what he described because the unprofessional dealing with of the matter.
He said:
I’m deeply involved by the way wherein your establishment has dealt with this matter. It’s fairly stunning {that a} physique which calls itself skilled would challenge a public assertion with out finishing a radical investigation or affording me the chance to reply adequately.
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He continued:
The choice to make such a untimely and unverified assertion not solely questions the credibility of your establishment but additionally places into doubt the equity and professionalism with which you strategy such delicate issues.
Mr Ayariga has subsequently demanded full particulars of the investigation carried out and the grounds on which the directive was issued. He’s additionally demanding an official apology, a retraction of the directive, and a public clarification from the Fee.
