Prof Gabriel Dwomoh is the Vice-Chancellor of the Kumasi Technical University
The Teaching Faculty of the Kumasi Technical University (TUTAG-KsTU) has issued a statement calling on a petitioner, Nana Yaw Acheampong, to cease what it describes as a sustained and damaging social media campaign against the University’s Governing Council and Vice-Chancellor Professor Gabriel Dwomoh.
According to the faculty, while citizens have the right to demand accountability from public institutions, such advocacy must be grounded in genuine public interest and not driven by personal or parochial motives.
“The approach adopted by Nana Yaw Acheampong in his sustained attempts to discredit the Governing Council and the Vice-Chancellor is unproductive and injurious to the interest, growth, development and progress of the University,” the statement said.
The faculty’s concerns follow the circulation of a petition dated December 11, 2025, titled ‘Request to Investigate the Academic Credentials of Professor Gabriel Dwomoh, Vice-Chancellor, Kumasi Technical University,’ which was widely shared on social media after being addressed to the Chairman of the Governing Council.
The petition relied on a November 5, 2025, communiqué from the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), which indicated that certificates from certain institutions, including Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica (UNEM), where the Vice-Chancellor studied, were not recognised.
However, the KsTU faculty insists that the GTEC communiqué did not describe any certificates as fake or fraudulently acquired.
“Crucially, nowhere in that communiqué did GTEC state that the certificates in question were fake or fraudulently acquired. On that basis alone, the petition lacked merit and should not have been entertained,” the faculty stated.
The university faculty further noted that the petitioner himself acknowledged reviewing the vice-chancellor’s academic profile on the university’s official website, where his educational background is publicly stated.
They argued that if Nana Yaw Acheampong believed the GTEC communiqué supported his claims, the appropriate route should have been through the courts rather than what they describe as a ‘media-driven campaign.’
“If he believed the communiqué supported his claims, the appropriate avenue was the court of law not a social media campaign designed to undermine the integrity of the University,” the statement emphasised.
Following a fresh publication by Nana Yaw Acheampong on January 6, 2026, cited by GhanaWeb, the faculty says it has become even more convinced that the investigative committee set up to examine the matter should be disbanded.
“Its work is unnecessary and constitutes a waste of valuable institutional time and resources,” the faculty declared.
The statement argues that the petitioner’s motives have now become clear, particularly through his questioning of the vice-chancellor’s continued stay in office while the committee works.
“Is it always mandatory for an official to step aside because of the work of an investigative committee, especially where the object of the investigation is not one that the official can in any way interfere with or hinder?” the faculty asked.
Petitioner faults KsTU Council over handling of vice-chancellor qualification probe
The faculty reassured the public that KsTU already possesses verified academic credentials for all its staff and faculty, validated by GTEC.
“There is no faculty of KsTU whose academic credentials have not been validated by GTEC,” the statement stressed.
They added that while the university is prepared to provide information upon a clear and unambiguous request, no individual can compel the Governing Council to investigate matters already established, unless new evidence is presented.
The faculty also expressed concern that the cumulative effect of the media publications and the public announcement of an investigative committee has created a misleading impression that Ghana’s academia is riddled with fake degrees.
“The erroneous impression being created among sections of the Ghanaian public that academia is rife with fake degrees is deeply troubling,” the statement noted.
In this regard, the faculty criticised the tone and manner of GTEC’s communication regarding SMC and UNEM, describing it as ‘deeply unfortunate and a disservice to Ghana’s higher education sector.’
The statement was jointly signed by Dr Bismark Quarku Parker, Chairman and Prof Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Rahaman, Secretary.
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Source:
www.ghanaweb.com
