{"id":90235,"date":"2025-08-18T14:25:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=90235"},"modified":"2025-08-18T14:25:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:25:28","slug":"dr-ayensu-danquah-refused-to-drop-unearned-prof-title-despite-private-meeting-gtec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=90235","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Ayensu-Danquah refused to drop unearned \u2018Prof\u2019 title despite private meeting \u2013 GTEC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has revealed that Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, was advised in a private meeting with the GTEC Board Chairman to stop using the \u2018Professor\u2019 title, but she refused to heed the advice.<\/p>\n

This comes as the deputy minister\u2019s lawyers have issued a two-week ultimatum to GTEC demanding a retraction on the matter.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Joy FM\u2019s Midday News<\/strong><\/em>, GTEC\u2019s Director-General, Professor Ahmed Abdulai Jinapor, confirmed the prior meeting, stating that the commission is not interested in engaging in a public spat but in upholding academic standards.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe gave the Honourable Minister the opportunity to meet the Board Chairman of GTEC at the place of her convenience and the time of her choice,\u201d Prof. Jinapor said, adding that the chairman \u201cpersuaded her to stay away from using that title informed by the narrative that she gave. She didn\u2019t heed to that\u201d.<\/p>\n

Professor Jinapor outlined a series of conflicting statements from the Minister\u2019s camp, which he believes has created \u201cconfusion\u201d. He noted that Dr. Ayensu-Danquah initially claimed on national television that she was a full professor from the University of Utah. However, her lawyers later wrote to GTEC stating that she was an assistant professor.<\/p>\n

GTEC\u2019s investigation, based on a letter from the University of Utah, found that she holds the rank of an adjunct assistant professor.<\/p>\n

Professor Jinapor did not mince words when discussing the role of the deputy minister\u2019s legal team.<\/p>\n

He attributed the ongoing inconsistencies to their advice.<\/p>\n

\u201cI must say on authority, I think the issues pertaining to all these inconsistencies probably, is emanating from the advice by her lawyers,\u201d he stated. He added, \u201cI don\u2019t think they are doing a good service to her when we look at all that is going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

He concluded by offering blunt advice: \u201cI think the lawyers need to be fired.\u201d<\/p>\n

The GTEC Director-General stressed that the commission is still awaiting a formal appointment document from Dr. Ayensu-Danquah to resolve the matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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