Dr. Benjamin Kwesi Prah, Rector of Kumasi Polytechnic, has cautioned Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) students not to use their expertise to engage in cyber crimes.
He said cyber crime was a social canker and could scare away investments in an emerging economy like Ghana if drastic measures were not instituted to check it.
Dr. Prah was speaking at the fifth graduation ceremony of the Kumasi branch of NIIT, a computer training institute, at the week-end.
More than 100 graduates were awarded certificates in Software Engineering, Network Engineering and Business.
Dr Prah urged the graduating students to collaborate with other specialists in the application of ICT to solve problems of industry, business, banking and finance.
He commended NIIT for being at the fore-front of computer education in Ghana and urged government to partner the institute in developing programmes that are relevant to the nation's development process.