FAKE! UG letter denouncing YEA Acting CEO Malik Basintale’s Degree Certificate Forged

On 2nd June, 2025, Fakenews Ghana sighted a post by NewsGH360 on X (formerly Twitter) [SEE POST HERE]. The post was captioned: “Breaking News Basintale, Ag. CEO of YEA does not have a degree from University of Ghana — UG Registrar“.

The post was accompanied by an image of Acting Youth Employment Agency (YEA) CEO, Mr. Malik Basintale and a letter purported to be coming from the Office Of The Registrar, University of Ghana.

Fakenews Ghana has verified the authenticity of the letter and presents the facts below.

Claim: Ag. CEO of YEA does not have a degree from University of Ghana — UG Registrar

Verdict: Fake

Explanation

To determine whether the letter shared was genuine, Fakenews Ghana contacted the University of Ghana through the Office Of The Registrar to verify if they issued such a letter. They replied to our email and confirmed that the letter was “forged”!

Below is the response from the University of Ghana:

The university has also released an official public notice on their FACEBOOK page to deny any links to the fake letter. [Read full statement below].

“It has come to the attention of the University of Ghana that a letter purportedly signed by the Registrar, Mrs. Emelia Agyei-Mensah and addressed to the Secretary of the Civil Service Council with the title “RE: REQUEST FOR VERIFICATION OF DEGREE – MALIK BASINTALE” and dated 27th May, 2025, is being circulated on social media.
The said letter is a forgery and neither the Registrar nor any other officer of the University has received, processed or responded to any such request.
The public is hereby urged to disregard the said letter“.