Nigeria, June 10 -- Ghana has officially barred citizens from publicly using honourary doctorate degrees and professorship titles.

Ghana's Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) said it would begin naming and shaming individuals who flout the directives and take legal action against them.

A statement signed by the commission's Acting Deputy Director General, Augustine Ocloo, a professor, indicates that the practice, prevalent among politicians, businesspersons and clerics, tends to dilute the integrity of the higher education system, and the value of true doctoral education and promotion of the professorial system in the universities.

It also described it as deceitful and unethical.

"This notice goes especially to politicians, businessm...