'I didn't know my doctorate was fake' - Gifty Anti breaks her silence

Oheneyere Gifty Anti has broken her silence on recent reports in the media that she was part of a list of prominent individuals whose doctorate degrees are fake. The media report was first released by researchers from the Valdosta State University and intercepted by various media publications after the team alerted Ghana’s Ministry of Education. Women’s Right Activist, Gifty Anti, in an interview claimed she did not know that the university did not have the necessary accreditation and authority to confer the degree on her. According to her, she Googled to find out about the institution but she didn’t find anything wrong with them when they decided to honour her.

 "When they brought me the letter that they wanted to honour me, there were about four people being honoured too. What I did was to Google and I saw some of the people they had given honorary doctorate from around the world and some of the places they’ve held their events," she recounted

"I didn’t read anything negative about them so I accepted it. That is all I know about. If they are fake very bad. I didn’t have a cause to believe that they are not credible.” she disclosed

Gifty Anti was given an honorary doctorate degree by the Global Center for Transformational Leadership in 2012.