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of the Junior Common room represents the Akuafo Hall student body on all occasion, they negotiate with Hall authorities and other student groups in the university on behalf of students affiliated to Akuafo Hall and also embark on projects to improve conditions of living and learning for students in the Hall. The J.C.R derives its revenue from student contributions and contributions from the university through the Hall council. The J.C.R of Akuafo Hall serves as a recognized means for communication between Junior members and the Hall authorities.
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on the 1st Friday in the month of
December. In further recognition of National Best Farmers and Fishers Recipients, the Hall council has inscribed the names of past Best Farmer Award recipients since 1986 in Gold, on a board in the potter lodge of the main hall, so as to immortalize their invaluable contribution to Ghana's developmental efforts. In addition to this, the Hall council inducts some of the National Best Farmers as Honorary Fellows of the Hall.
291:, was taken very seriously and as such the tutor being in the position of a senior colleague served as a parent to a student in question while such a student continued to be resident in the hall. The tutors were often not teaching in the students’ academic discipline and thus given the duty to resolve problems confronting students so as to unable such students concentrate on the pursuit of academic excellence and moral leadership.
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Formerly the
Governing Council of Akuafo Hall hosted the National chief farmer of Ghana as its distinguished guest on an annual basis. However, with the institution of the National Best Farmer Awards, the Hall Council has made it a policy to host all National Best Farmers and Fishers Award Recipients
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After the establishment of Akuafo Hall, a Junior Common Room was allocate to resident students where such students could relax, debate over issues and interact with each other without any form of interference from senior members, similarly, the Senior Common Room provided senior members with a place
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Oseadeeyo Addo Dankwa III has been the chief patron of this institution since its inception. He personally installs the chief farmer of Akuafo Hall during the annual
Adinkra Durba which forms part of activities for Akuafo Halls’ annual Hall Week celebrations. In 2004, Nana Addo Dankwa III elevated
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system that was instituted in 1988. This institution serves as a symbol of unity for students and also helps to promote and showcase rich
Ghanaian culture. The chief farmer and the Queen mother are elected annually and together with executive members of the Junior Common Room make up the membership
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to contest the presidency of the Junior Common Room and other associated offices of the Halls student
Government. Some of the Political Parties that have been formed in Akuafo Hall over the years include; the Liberal Party, Democratic Party, Socialist Party, Reforming Front Party, Capitalist Party,
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Every Junior member that is affiliated to Akuafo Hall is an automatic member of the Junior Common Room of Akuafo Hall. The Junior Common Room (J.C.R) ensures that the interests of Junior members are protected. It also provides cultural, social and sporting activities for its members. The
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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
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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
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could interact with each other. Prior to this development, a student was not permitted into the Senior Common Room without invitation by a fellow while on the other hand senior members entered the Junior Common Room only upon invitation. Thus the combination room made it possible for both senior
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in Akuafo Hall, the Hall council put in place certain measures that would encourage and nurture academic excellence and moral leadership in resident students of the hall. Thus the Hall tutorial system resulted in the quest of senior members to promote the intellectual and academic progress of
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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
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In the past the government of the Junior Common Room (J.C.R) emerged from
Political Parties that were formed in the Hall and modeled after national political parties but without the ideology or institutional affiliation to such political parties. These political parties came out with their
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towards the establishment of the Hall. On 5 October 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
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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 1956, the Hall council decided to name the Hall
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Today, individual student campaign on their own ticket for executive positions in the Junior Common Room. The Junior Common Room is govern according to the rules and regulations codified in its own constitution, however the J.C.R constitution is subject to the
234:. 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;
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The Membership of the Akuafo Hall has remained the same since its inception; it consists of the Hall Master, Fellows, Honorary and Associate Fellows and Junior Members. The Hall Master is elected by Fellows, whiles Fellows are assigned to the Hall by the
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members and junior members to interact freely with each other and engage in fun activities together. When the purpose of the combination room was changed, it diminished the informal contact between lecturers and students in the Hall.
260:. 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
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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,
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176:. 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.
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the authority of the chief farmer to Paramount Chief during the installation of Nana Kwasi kankan Boadu as Paramount Chief and Nana Yaa Konadu Dua II as the Queen mother.
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538:(as Secretary), one representative of Junior workers, and two Junior Members representing the Junior Common Room(JCR) which is the student body of the Hall.
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which directly translated in English means "Labour and wisdom" (Let us work and learn wisdom) Akuafo Hall was opened on 4 October 1955 by the Hon. Dr.
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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
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resident students. Every resident student was assigned to a senior member of the Hall who was to him in loco parentis. The expression, in
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of female students and provided them with resident accommodation thus becoming a mixed hall in
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568:. The Senate is the Highest Decision-making body of the Akuafo Hall Junior common room.
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of Akuafo Hall, the statues of the University of Ghana and the Constitution and laws of
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Justice Prof. Henrietta J. A. N. Mensah-Bonsu, Justice of the Supreme Court
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Akuafo Hall has produced several notable alumni and alumnae among whom are
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for entertainment without interruptions from students. However, to avoid
1081:, page 31. Public Affairs Directorate,2007. Retrieved on October 2, 2008.
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Recognizing Recipients of the National Best Farmer and Fishers Award
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Imperialist Party, Operation knockout and Operation Victory.
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University of Ghana Akuafo Hall Golden Jubilee Grand Durbar
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University of Ghana Akuafo Hall Golden Jubilee Grand Durbar
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Shortly after the first batch of students where provided
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One unique feature of Akuafo Hall is the existence of a
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Below is a list of past Hall Masters of Akuafo Hall.
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Public school in Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
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1149:University of Ghana buildings and structures
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1109:"Akuafo Hall Alumni Association journal"
581:of the Akuafo Hall Traditional council.
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1159:Residential buildings completed in 1955
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826:Most Rev. Emeritus Prof. K.A. Dickson
671:Prof. Henrietta J. A. N. Mensah-Bonsu
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313:List of Hall Masters of Akuafo Hall
1041:Akuafo Hall 50 Years of Excellence
1028:Akuafo Hall 50 Years of Excellence
1015:Akuafo Hall 50 Years of Excellence
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1079:UG Special Campus Update volume 5
244:The Hall council also adopted a
1026:Prof. Justice A .K. P Kludze:
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256:, then first Prime Minister of
1039:Prof. Justice A .K. P Kludze:
1013:Prof. Justice A .K. P Kludze:
715:, active Supreme Court Justice
693:, former Supreme Court Justice
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850:Rt. Rev. Dr. E. K. Asare-Kusi
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742:Nana Owusu Ansah Kokroo II.
1107:Akuafo Hall Alumni (2003).
517:Membership and Organization
267:Lt. General Kutu Acheampong
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814:Mr. Rex Owusu Ansah (Nana)
705:Judges; Justice R. Apaloo
534:, the Hall Librarian, the
869:Mr. Samson Lardy Anyenini
481:Rev. Dr. W. S. K Gbewonyo
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897:Mr. Welbeck Abrah-Appiah
683:Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade
624:Prof. S.K Agyepong, Rev.
621:Prof. K.B. Dickson, Rev.
489:Dr. Vladimir Antwi Danso
506:Dr. Clement K. I. Appah
497:Dr. George Akanlig-Pare
1124:Cite journal requires
1093:Prof. G.A Ankra-Badu:
999:Legon Shelter Volume 3
964:Prof. G.A Ankra-Badu:
946:Prof. G.A Ankra-Badu:
926:Prof. G.A Ankra-Badu:
841:Rev. Dr. D. N. A Kpobi
802:Hon. Mike K Akyeampong
799:Hon. Joseph F.K.Abakah
611:Alexander Adum Kwapong
572:The Chieftaincy System
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894:Mr. Kenneth W. Mensah
863:Mr. Kwesi Amo-Himbson
844:Rev. Dr. Annor Yeboah
832:Very Rev. A. A. Beeko
829:Rev. E. S. Mate Kodjo
807:Johnson Asiedu-Nketia
699:Justice A.A Forster.
250:Laboremus et sapiamus
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884:Kwabena Duffuor
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811:Hon. Amadu B. Sorgho
644:A. Kodzo Paau Kludze
632:Albert A. Adu Boahen
440:Prof. P. A. V. Ansah
432:Mr. Y. Ofori-Anyinam
363:Raphael S. Amegashie
323:Name of Hall Master
295:The combination room
278:Hall tutorial system
50:Greater Accra Region
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838:Rt.Rev. W. Blankson
784:Hon. K Osei Prempeh
780:George Adjei Osekre
733:Togbe S. D. Sorkpor
416:Prof. K. B. Dickson
239:university at large
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789:James Victor Gbeho
727:Traditional Rulers
542:Student Government
461:E. Asiedu Yirenkyi
352:L. H. Ofosu-Appiah
331:Prof. D. A. Taylor
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131:Number of students
860:Mr. Felix Ntrakwa
847:Rev. Maclean Kumi
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718:Justice Kaleo Bio
708:Justice G. Quaye,
687:Justice A. Adzoe,
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389:1968–1975.
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170:Akuafo Hall
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24:Akuafo Hall
1143:Categories
902:References
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701:High Court
510:2019-2021
500:2013-2019
492:2011-2013
476:2003–2008
465:1999–2003
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443:1988–1992
435:1986–1988
427:1981–1986
419:1980-1980
411:1979–1980
400:1975–1979
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334:1955–1959
262:Gold Coast
220:Main Hall.
748:Statesmen
713:Yaw Appau
306:lecturers
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204:Chapel.
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676:Judges
662:Prof.
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648:Prof.
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39:Legon
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