C.K. Tedam University Fires Registrar for Fake Certificates Scandal

Dr. Michael Adusei Boadu Terminated for Presenting Fake Certificates

On January 9, 2023, The C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences officially terminated the appointment of Dr. Michael Adusei Boadu, a Senior Assistant Registrar, for presenting fake certificates. The university ordered him to refund all the salaries and allowances he fraudulently drew from the University from December 2021 to December 2022 to the C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences GCB Bank Account. The amount to be refunded is Two hundred and thirty-one thousand, One hundred and Eighty-two Ghana Cedis, Sixty-Four Pesewas (231,182,64.00).

University Orders Dr. Boadu to Refund Salary and Allowances

The decision of the university was made after the Governing Council, through its Chairman, Professor Gordon A. Awandare, told the Ghana Tertiary Education (GTEC) that Dr. Michael Boadu’s Bachelor of Laws and Master of Public Administration certificates from the University of Ghana were not genuine. This was in response to a petition to GTEC by one Joseph Weguri, a resident of Navrongo, who said Dr. Boadu was not qualified to be an employee of the University.

Governing Council Reveals Dr. Boadu’s Bachelor of Laws and Master of Public Administration Certificates are Fake

The university’s Registrar, Dr. V.A. Ankamah Lomotey, wrote a termination letter to Dr. Boadu, which stated that he was required to refund all the salaries and allowances he fraudulently drew from the university from December 2021 to December 2022. The letter also ordered Dr. Boadu to stop parading himself as a staff of the university. He was given until January 15, 2023, to submit a payment plan to cover the full amount paid to him to the Director of Finance.

Vice-Chancellor Accused of Personal Vendetta for Demanding Dr. Boadu’s Academic Credentials

Dr. Boadu was unable to present his certificates until late last year when he presented them to the Vice-Chancellor. A few weeks thereafter, the Appointments and Promotions Board met and invited him to present the certificates in person. It was at this point that suspicions were raised after the examination of the certificates. A request for verification of his LLB and Master of Public Administration certificates from the University of Ghana revealed that the said certificates were fake.

Petitioner Drags Vice-Chancellor and Registrar to Court over Appointments

When a Deputy Registrar at the university wrote for the third time on September 9, 2022, to demand Dr. Michael Boadu’s academic credentials, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Eric Magnus Wilmot, said the continuous demand for the original certificates and other academic credentials of Dr. Michael Boadu was nothing but a display of personal vendetta.

Joseph Weguri, the petitioner, dragged the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar to court over their appointments, stating that they are “over-aged.” He further stated that the failure of the two to inspect the academic credentials of Dr. Michael Boadu until over GHS 200,000 was paid to him shows that both are “incompetent.”

Dr. Boadu Unreachable Despite Promise to Grant Interview

Despite the termination of his appointment and the order to refund the monies paid to him as salary and allowances, Dr. Boadu could not be reached since Sunday, April 24, 2023, despite promising earlier to make himself available for an interview with The Fourth Estate. Subsequent text messages to him have gone unanswered.

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