The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has denied the accuracy of a narrative claiming that its operations have been halted by the Nigerian Federal government.

UCC clarified that it does not have direct operations in Africa's most populous nation, nor has it granted a franchise for its programs to be conducted in the country.

This clarification comes in response to a GhanaWeb article referencing media reports in Nigeria that suggested three Ghanaian universities, including UCC, had been prohibited by the National Universities Commission (NUC) of Nigeria.

"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.

"All international students, including Nigerians, wishing to study at UCC apply directly to the University for consideration," their statement dated January 4, 2024 read in part.

The statement further pointed out that UCC was different from the Cape Coast University (CCU) purportedly banned in Nigeria.

It also reassured members of the university community to disregard the publication.

UCC PRESS STATEMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THURSDAY, 04 JANUARY, 2024.

RE: UCC OPERATIONS IN NIGERIA BANNED

Cape Coast, Thursday, 4th January, 2024: The attention of Management of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) 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 wishes to refute 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 world-wide acclaim and, for that matter, would not do anything untoward to tannish 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.

In the light of the above, Management wishes to entreat its stakeholders and the public to disregard the malicious publication.

Major Kofi Baah-Bentum (Rid), Psc, APR

DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

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