Academics suspended over damning documentary
Publish date: 24 February 2020
Issue Number: 861
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: Education
Two Ghanaian university lecturers have been suspended without pay after a BBC investigation reported they had sexually harassed undercover reporters posing as students. The University of Ghana has suspended Ransford Gyampo for six months and Paul Butakor for four months for breaching its code of conduct rules. Both deny the allegations made in the Sex For Grades documentary. A Nigerian lecturer was also suspended after it was aired in October. Four academics were secretly filmed as part of a year-long investigation during which the journalists posed as prospective students. Nigeria's Senate has begun debating a Bill, initiated by the scandal, that aims to prevent the sexual harassment of university students. It seeks five-year jail terms for academics found guilty of sexual harassment.
