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Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo sworn in as VC for UG, promising research led agenda

Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo.
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By Bright Ntramah.

Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo has been sworn in as the 13th Executive Head and first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana.

The event took place at the Great Hall of the University. With a student population of 61,000 and staff strength of 6,000, Prof. Amfo is aware of the challenges ahead but was confident in surmounting them. She promised to transform the University with research, teaching and learning and improvement in administrative processes.

The Council of the University of Ghana on October 20, this year appointed Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo as the substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University. Prior to her appointment, she was the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs from November 1, 2019, until her elevation. The new VC’s career in academia started in 2001 as a Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and was promoted Senior Lecturer in 2007, Associate Professor in 2011, and Professor in 2017. Her research interests are in the linguistic sub-discipline of Pragmatics, which allows her to explore the role that context plays in conversational interactions and how that influences communication in different domains.

Professor Appiah Amfo served as Dean of the School of Languages, having previously served as the Head of the Department of Linguistics from 2013 – 2014.

In her inaugural speech, Prof Amfo promised to transform the University into a research-led institution. She promised a one student one laptop initiative to enhance teaching and learning. Professor Amfo said two campuses will be established in Kumasi and Takoradi to address the challenge of increase in student population as a result of the free SHS. She appealed to the President to assist in clearing the judgment debt incurred by the University.

“My vision analysis is our aspiration as a University to become a world class research retentive University with the mission to create an enabling environment that makes you relevant to national and global development. Research as well as high competitive training and learning. We will not forget the essence of the Universities. Whatever we do we should strive to make way. Noting that the University should make a proper way. My pledge is to live up to build our future together.”

President Akufo-Addo congratulated Professor Amfo on her new role and was confident the new VC will be up to the challenges and help transform the University.

“We need to mobilise all the talents of the entire population to make the decisive approach to the social and economic transformation which we don’t see,’’ the President noted.

With Professor Amfo as the new Vice Chancellor, the top hierarchy of the University of Ghana is now occupied by females. They are the Chancellor, Mrs. Chinery Hessey, the Chairperson of the University Council, Justice Sophia Akuffo, and the Registrar Mrs. Emelia Naa Kwantsua Agyei-Mensah.

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