Legal practitioner Martin Kpebu, counsel for the Swiss Management Centre (SMC) University Alumni Association (Ghana Chapter), has renewed his challenge to the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) over what he calls the unlawful derecognition of degrees awarded by SMC University in Switzerland.

This follows a petition filed by Mr. Kpebu on behalf of the alumni association, urging the GTEC Governing Board to intervene and reverse what he describes as an “illegal and unjustified” decision to withdraw recognition for SMC degrees.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s Newsroom on Thursday, November 6, Mr. Kpebu insisted that SMC University was formally accredited in Ghana in 2012 and again in 2015, granting it full legal authority to operate and award recognised degrees.

“Once it was duly accredited, it was given the capacity and the licence to operate legally in Ghana. The products, that is, students, have every right to have their certificates recognised for the degrees they pursued,” he stated.

He further argued that GTEC lacks the legal mandate to retroactively nullify recognition for degrees already conferred.

“It is not our law that GTEC can come and seek to derecognise. Article 107 of our Constitution frowns on such conduct. Also, Article 23 on administrative justice requires administrative bodies to be fair in their dealings,” Kpebu added.