Gbenro Adesina
The Government of Sierra Leone under the leadership of President Julius Maada Wonie has ordered all academic and administrative staff of Higher and Technical Education institutions, who have acquired their certificates, diplomas, and degrees in unaccredited institutions to resign within two weeks.
According to a press release dated Thursday, May 12, 2022, and signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education, Gilbert H. Cooper, the affected staff are to resign on or before Wednesday, May 26, 2022.
The statement stated that any affected staff who fail to comply with the directive would be summarily dismissed without benefit.
The two-paragraph statement reads:
“Following a joint communique on unaccredited universities and award of fake degrees in Sierra Leone on Tuesday 26th April 2022, all academic and administrative staff of Higher and Technical Education institutions, who have acquired their certificates, diplomas, and degrees in unaccredited institutions and used same for employment and or promotion in their respective institutions are to resign within the next two weeks, i. e. from 12th May to Wednesday 26th May 2022.
“Any staff who fails to comply with this instruction will be in breach of the joint communique and will be summarily dismissed.”
