Re: University of Cape Coast Operations in Nigeria Banned

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has debunked the deceitful news published by Ghanaweb.

The release by UCC was dated 4th January 2024 and was signed by Major Kofi Baah-Bentum (Rtd), Psc, APR Director, Directorate of Public Affairs, UCC.

According to the issue released, the Management of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) said their attention has been drawn to a false news item on Ghanaweb indicating that the operations of the University of Cape Coast have been banned in Nigeria.

The University in the release refutes the allegations as follows:

1. The University of Cape Coast (UCC) does not have any outlet or campus operating in Nigeria neither has it granted franchise to any institution in Nigeria to run its programmes.

2. All international students, including Nigerians, wishing to study at UCC apply directly to the University for consideration.

3. It is interesting to note that, in a haste to drag the image of the University in the mud, Ghanaweb, with little information and without crosschecking, quickly ran to the market with the name of a certain Cape Coast University (CCU) to represent the solid brand of the University of Cape Coast (UCC).

4. Management wishes to assure its cherished stakeholders and the general public that the University holds very dear its solid brand as an excellent academic institution with worldwide acclaim and, for that matter, would not do anything untoward to tarnish its hard-won reputation as the Number One University in Ghana and West Africa, and the Seventh in Africa, according to the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.

5. We would entreat all persons and institutions, as we have always done, to, at all times, verify with the university, the authenticity of certificates purported to have been issued by the University of Cape Coast.

Management entreats its stakeholders and the general public to disregard the malicious publication.

SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh