The Ghana Commercial Bank Limited (GCB) has pledged to support the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to put up a Biomedical and Clinical Research Center.
The Research Center is high on the agenda of the UCC@60 Planning Committee to solicit funds from corporate organizations to support this worthy cause.
It was against this backdrop that the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, as well as members of the UCC@60 Planning Committee, paid a courtesy call on management of the Bank in Accra.
Prof. Boampong, who was received by the Deputy Managing Director in charge of Finance of the Bank, Mr. Kofi Adomakoh, passionately appealed to the Bank to assist the University to set up the Research Center to enhance teaching and learning.
According to him, the Center would be a boon to Ghanaians from all walks of life, as well as other nationals.
He explained that the University had the competent human resource to embark upon medical-related research but lacked the requisite infrastructure.
The Vice-Chancellor seized the chance to invite the management of the GCB Bank to the 60th anniversary of the UCC.
Receiving the UCC delegation on behalf of the Managing Director of the GCB Bank PLC, Mr. Kofi Adomakoh, the Deputy Managing Director in charge of Finance of the Bank, Mr. Socrates Affram, indicated that the Bank was ready to assist the UCC to build the Biomedical and Clinical Research Center.
According to him, such a facility would go a long way to contribute to efforts in research to tackle pressing national issues.
Mr. Affram observed that research played a critical role in solving existing and emerging issues, saying the time was ripe for the University to be supported to get a Biomedical and Clinical Research Center.
He also added that the Bank was ready to collaborate with the UCC to build a hostel to relieve students of the perennial accommodation challenges facing the University.
He told the Vice-Chancellor and his accompanying delegation that GCB had constructed a GH₵20 million hostel loan facility at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS).
He restated that the Bank would continue to engage with UCC to roll out strategies to support the staff and students.
On behalf of the management and the Board of GCB, Mr. Affram congratulated UCC on its 60th anniversary and accepted an invitation from Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong to participate in the 60th-anniversary grand durbar of the UCC.
The meeting saw in attendance Mr. Emmanuel Odartey Lamptey, Deputy Managing Director of Operations; Mr. Linus Kumi, Head of Corporate Banking Department; Mr. John Adamah; Executive Head of Retain Banking; Mr. Anselm Ransford Adzetey Sowah, Cape Coast Zonal Manager; Mr. Dadzie Joshua, Corporate Banking Head, Cape Coast, Mr. Anthony Senanu Ganyo Atsu, Corporate Banking Business, Tarkoradi, and Mrs. Benedicta Ahiable, the Brands Compliance Manager.
In attendance from the Vice-Chancellor’s accompanying delegation were UCC at 60 Planning Committee Chairman, Prof. LSK Amoah, and the Secretary to the Committee, Mr. Nazir Entsie.
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Source: Enoch Acheampong/Documentation and Information Section-UCC
