The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. James Oppong-Boanuh has reaffirmed the Ghana Police Administration’s commitment to its collaboration with the University to train highly skilled police officers in specialised fields of police operations.
Mr. Oppong-Boanuh said it was for this reason that the Ghana Police Service signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UCC to begin the training of detectives in July 2020.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, and the Registrar, Mr. Jeff Teye Emmanuel Onyame, have received handing-over notes from their predecessors at a ceremony on campus.
The new Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has indicated his commitment to lead the process of transforming the University into a World Class Entrepreneurial University with a global competitive edge.
To achieve this, Prof. Boampong said “My vision is to reposition UCC as the global hub of creative thinkers, offering demand-driven programmes, integrated with practical entrepreneurial courses and actively translating the products of its innovative research, for sustainable development.”
The University has donated five sets of computers and accessories to the Central Regional Police Command.
The accessories were five sets of Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) and a Coloured Printer.
Presenting the items, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, noted that the donation was to support the Police to enhance their work. Prof. Ampiah said the items were being presented in response to a request made during a previous visit to the Central Regional Police Command.
It is announced for the information of the University community and the general public that at its Special Meeting held on 17th June, 2020, the University of Cape Coast Council took the following decisions:
Council appointed Professor Johnson Nyarko Boampong, currently the Provost of the College of Health and Allied Sciences as the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast for an initial 4-year term of office with effect from 1st August, 2020.
The UCC 1998 Alumni Year Group has donated sanitary items and medical equipment valued at GH ¢75, 000 to the University Health Services as part of efforts to fight COVID-19.
The items included gallons of detergents, hand sanitizers, and seven nebulizers.
The Association of Concerned Cape Coast Citizens and Residents (ACCCCAR) has presented sanitary items to the University Hospital to protect staff and clients from contracting COVID-19.
The items included two veronica buckets with stands, bottles of hand sanitizers, and some packets of tissue papers.
The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh has presented shopping vouchers and other items to international students of the University who are still staying on campus as a result of the closure of Ghana’s borders.
The University Teachers Association (UTAG), UCC Chapter, has presented a cheque for GH ¢10,000 to the University of Cape Coast Hospital to support the fight against COVID-19.
The Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG), University of Cape Coast branch, and the Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) have donated sanitary items to the University Hospital to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus.
The items included eight (8) boxes of gloves, five (5) gallons of hand sanitizers and 10 gallons of parazone.
