The committee set up by the University of Ghana Legon to investigate Prof. Ransford Gyampo and Dr. Kwame Butakor in the aftermath of the explosive sex for grades scandal conducted by the BBC has submitted their report.
According to the findings, Gyampo did nothing wrong and has been cleared of all the salient points the BBC raised in their viral exposé.
The report was submitted to the management of the school about a week ago to the Vice-Chancellor Prof Ebenezer Oduro Owusu however a Mynews.gh.com report we sighted adds that beyond Gyampo’s engagement with the BBC undercover team, complaints have been lodged against him (Gyampo) and several top faculty members of the University of Ghana who are alleged to prey on students through academic blackmail, extortion of sex and intimidation.
A source inside University of Ghana confirming the details of the report to MyNewsGH said for Prof Gyampo, although the report on the current matter (BBC Sex for Grade) vindicates him of any legal wrongdoings, several fresh reports have come up against him with many former students ready to testify against him. Complaints were made against some lecturers who left some University of Ghana departments to take up government posts.
The University is expected to take a decision on the former students’ complaints against these lecturers which also include several high-ranking officials, past and present Deans, Hall Masters, department heads, and Tutors of the University.
It was shockingly discovered that most current students have no confidence in the University’s sexual harassment committee to adequately protect them, they have no been forthcoming. Former students dominate the complaints with many willing to publicly testify about their ordeals at the hand of Gyampo, Butakor, one Wiafe, among over 23 lecturers some of whom have moved on and taken appointment in government.
Another high-ranking University of Ghana official serving on the committee suspects the University intends to shelve the other shocking details of the report to protect the University’s image instead of its students.
According to the source, thousands of emails were sent by mostly former students to the announced complaint email against specifically named lecturers some of whom the University may not want to name.
“They won’t make the report public, I doubt it. Even me as a member i don’t have a copy, but I know what we found and wrote in the report. It is a big worry for me as a parent and all parents must be concerned. It will be scandalous if made public. The emails especially.
Information from Mynewsgh.com was also used in this report
