Akuafo Hall
| Akuafo Hall | |
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| Location | |
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Legon Accra, Greater Accra Region Ghana |
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| Coordinates | 5°38′58″N 0°11′8″W / 5.64944°N 0.18556°WCoordinates: 5°38′58″N 0°11′8″W / 5.64944°N 0.18556°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Laboremus et sapiamus |
| Established | October 4, 1955 |
| Number of students | 4,523(unconfirmed) |
| Color(s) | Yellow Green |
| Nickname | Hall of Excellence |
Akuafo Hall otherwise referred to as the Hall of Excellence is the second Hall of residence to be established in the University College of the Gold Coast now University of Ghana. The Hall has its own statutes governing the administration of its affairs while the affairs of students are organized and supervised by Executives of the Junior Common Room.
Akuafo Hall started functioning in 1953 with the appointment of Prof. D A. Taylor as the Hall Master designate .A thirteen-member Hall Council was appointed to see to the academic and administrative activities of the Hall. In 1954, the Hall council decided to name the Hall Akuafo in appreciation of the generous gesture of the farmers of the then Gold Coast who through the cocoa marketing board contributed considerable sums of money for the establishment of Akuafo Hall as a Hall of residence. These farmers also contributed to other structural works for the University College of the Gold Coast in a project which was spearheaded by Dr.J.B Danquah. The Government and people of the United Kingdom also contribute largely to the establishment of Akuafo Hall as the second Hall of residence. In appreciation of these contributions a tablet embedded in the floor of the porters lodge, in the main Hall reads;
This memorial tablet (A.D. 1955) records our gratitude to the people of the United kingdom for their unstinted aid in the building of Akuafo Hall and with grateful hearts we likewise commemorate those same farmers of this country whose generous giving and kindness have so often benefitted the university at large.
The Hall council also adopted a crest designed by Prof. L.H Ofosu-Appiah of the Department of classics as the official logo of the Hall, the crest depicts a cocoa tree, an open book and a drum with the motto of the Hall, Laboremus et sapiamus which directly translated in English means Labour and wisdom (Let us work and learn wisdom) Akuafo Hall was opened on October 4, 1955 by the Hon. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, then first Prime Minister of Ghana. A highpoint of the opening ceremony was the unveiling of a plaque which commemorated the gesture of kindness of the Government and peoples of the United Kingdom as well as the farmers of the Gold Coast towards the establishment of the Hall. On October 5, 1955, the first junior members of the Hall received keys to their cubicles and formally assumed residence. Akuafo Hall was built to accommodate 600 students however two annexes (A&B) were constructed under the Regime of Lt. General Kutu Acheampong to provide the hall with additional accommodation. As at 17thJanuary, 2005 Akuafo hall officially accommodates 1,524 students Akuafo Hall began as male hall of residence with the first badge of 131 students each allocated a single room. However, in October 1991, Akuafo Hall admitted the first batch of female students and provided them with resident accommodation thus becoming a mixed hall in statu pupilari.
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