The rush to get honorary degrees as a stamp of achievement is nothing new, encompassing an entire population obsessed with paper degrees, from our President down to the anybody with even the tiniest exposure in the public sphere.
It has always been a nonsensical mindset, considering getting honorary degrees are as easy as how much money you are willing to pay. Several reports in the past have shown how unaccredited universities hand degrees to our public figures who are just eager to collect them.
Rush For FAKE Accolades – Academic Study Finds Several Prominent Ghanaians Including Gifty Anti Received Doctorates From Unaccredited Universities