Prof. Ransford Gyampo <\/strong><\/p>\nA lecturer in the political science department of the University of Ghana (UG), Prof. Ransford Gyampo, is battling to save his reputation after he was caught on tape allegedly demanding sex from an undercover female journalist who posed as a student of UG.<\/p>\n
He is one of two Ghanaian lecturers from UG captured in the BBC Africa Eye documentary titled \u2018Sex for Grades.\u2019<\/p>\n
The other lecturer is Dr. Paul Kwame Butakor.<\/p>\n
Prof. Gyampo in the documentary held a meeting with the \u2018student\u2019 at a shopping in Accra and \u2018proposed\u2019 to marry her, making what BBC referred to as inappropriate comments.<\/p>\n
He has denied proposing any amorous relationship to the lady, threatening to sue BBC.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will sue BBC, they must sit up otherwise they are as useless as any other media house that has lost its course,\u201d he said on Joy FM.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s not my student, I have not touched her, I have not slept with her so this issue of sexual harassment is dead on arrival,\u201d Prof. Gyampo.<\/p>\n
The BBC Africa\u2019s latest documentary revealing how lecturers in Universities in West Africa demand sex from their students to offer them undeserved good grades appears to be generating controversy.<\/p>\n
Names of lecturers involved in the act, particularly male lecturers have begun to pop up.<\/p>\n
BBC Africa as at the time of filing this report was scheduled to air the documentary that is likely to lead to many dismissals of lecturers and reforms in universities that have been affected.<\/p>\n
In the documentary titled \u201cSex For Grades,\u201d a Ghanaian lecturer has been caught on camera pleading with an undercover reporter who pretended as a student, for sex.<\/p>\n
Dr. Butakor, is said to be a lecturer at the College of Education, University of Ghana (UG).<\/p>\n
UG is Ghana\u2019s premier university and host thousands of university students from across the world annually, with many of them being females, of course beautiful looking and sexually attractive females, apparently one of the reasons Dr. Butakor fell so easily to proposing to the supposed student in question.<\/p>\n
In the BBC Africa Eye undercover documentary, Dr. Butakor, in a \u2018teenage\u2019 love affair fashion, is heard begging the lady to be her side lover.<\/p>\n
The Ghanaian lecturer appealed to the lady on several occasions, saying \u201cLet me be your side boy, side guy\u2026men have side chicks\u2026I will not give you trouble\u2026seriously I will not give you trouble\u2026I will not give you trouble\u2026I will not be a distraction to your life\u2026let me be your side guy\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
He went on to reveal to the \u2018student\u2019 that
he is a married man and that his wife is not in Ghana.<\/p>\n
He then told her again that he would like to be by her side \u2018amorously.\u2019<\/p>\n
He said \u201cmaybe you\u2019ll be my side and I\u2019ll also be your side. Because me, I\u2019m married\u2026my wife is not in the country though\u2026my wife is out of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
About the documentary<\/p>\n
BBC Africa came out with the documentary following its interactions with some female students at UG.<\/p>\n
The undercover journalist had posed as a final year student of the School of Education and Leadership.<\/p>\n
She then approached Dr. Butakor and expressed an interest in reading for a Masters Degree after her Bachelor\u2019s Degree.<\/p>\n
Per the documentary, after meeting him for the second time in his office, Dr Butakor told her how beautiful she was looking and inquired whether any guy on campus has said so.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou look muwaah\u2026how many guys have told you \u2018You are beautiful\u2019 today?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
Regulations of UG forbids lecturers from having sexual relationships with students.<\/p>\n
That is because lecturers are in positions to influence their education and such flirtatious behaviour is considered misconduct.<\/p>\n
According to the documentary, Dr Butakor, after his meeting with the final year student, offered a National Service placement in his department even though the deadline for National Service application had passed.<\/p>\n
He had assured her that there would be no interruptions and being in his office will help her focus on her career.<\/p>\n
He noted \u201cNo distractions, your focus should be on your career\u2026then the side will see how best he can also contribute to your career and make you to become a better person.\u201d<\/p>\n
The BBC claimed that Dr. Butakor denied having any sexual relationship with the lady when he was contacted, saying he follows all university sexual harassment and misconduct rules and added that he had no intention of dating either any student or the reporter.<\/p>\n
About \u2018Sex for grades\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Sex for grades\u2019 is a BBC Africa Eye undercover investigation into some academic institutions in West Africa which increasingly have been faced with allegations of sexual harassment by lecturers. <\/p>\n
It conducted the probe after receiving complaints from students.<\/p>\n
BBC Africa Eye sent out undercover journalists who posed as students inside the University of Lagos and the University of Ghana.<\/p>\n
Female reporters were sexually harassed, propositioned and put under pressure by senior lecturers at the institutions \u2013 all the while wearing secret cameras.<\/p>\n
Undercover reporter Kiki Mordi, who knows first-hand how devastating sexual harassment can be, reveals what happens behind closed doors at some of the region\u2019s most prestigious universities.<\/p>\n
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