List of abbreviations in Ghana
Introduction This is a list of abbreviations commonly used in Ghana and previously in the Gold Coast
A  AATUF All-African Trade Union Federation  ABU African Boxing Union ACDC Army Central Defence Committee ACDR Association of Committees for the Defence of the Revolution ACI African Culture Institute ACID Amansuri Conservation and Integrated Development ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ACP Action Congress Party ACP Assistant Commissioner of Police ADB African Development Bank ADC Agricultural Development Corporation ADF Alliance of Democratic Forces ADDRO Anglican Diocesan Development and Relief Organization AEFG Aid Effectiveness Forum - Ghana AFC Alliance for Change  AFCAS African Commission on Agricultural Statistics AFDC Armed Forces Defence Commission AFF African Freedom Fighters AFRC Armed Forces Revolutionary Council AFWC African Forestry and Wildlife Commission AGC Ashanti (Asante) Goldfields Corporation AGCC African Gold Coast Company AGI Association of Ghana Industries ALPE Alliance for Poverty Eradication AMA Accra Metropolitan Assembly AME African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church ANUC All Nations University College AOMC Association of Oil Marketing Companies APP All People's Party APP Africa Progress Panel APRP All People's Republican Party APTI Association of Principals of Technical Institutions ARI Animal Research Institute ARPB Association of Recognized Professional Bodies ARPS Aborigines' Rights Protection Society ASP Assistant Superintendent of Police AU African Union AUC Ashesi University College AWAM Association of West African Merchants AYA Anlo Youth Association AYA Anlo Youth Association AYB African Youth Brigade AYC Africa Youth Command
B  BA Bachelor for Administration   BAG Bar Association of Ghana BARADEP Brong-Ahafo Regional Agricultural Development Program BARDEC Brong-Ahafo Regional Development Corporation BECE Basic Education Certificate Examination BG Border Guards BHC Bank for Housing Construction B.L. Bachelor of Law Sciences BNI Bureau of National Investigations BoG Bank of Ghana BSL Black Star Line BSPS Business Sector Programme Support
C  C & S Cherubim and Seraphim Society   CA Constitutional Assembly CA Consultative Assembly CAP National Coalition Against the Privatization of Water CAS Chief of the Air Staff CBA Collective Bargaining Agreement CCAF Coca Cola Africa Foundation CCDEF Coordinating Committee of Democratic Forces CCDF Coordinating Committee of Democratic Forces CCE Center for Civic Education CCG Christian Council of Ghana CCLM Community Based Child Labour Monitoring CDD-Ghana Center for Democratic Development, Ghana CDR Committee for the Defence of the Revolution CDS Chief of the Defence Staff CECAF Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic CEDEP Center for the Development of People CEPS Customs, Excise and Preventive Service CGMC Chamber of Ghanaian Mining Concessionaires CHPS Community-Based Health Planning and Services CHRAJ Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice CICOL Civil Society Coalition on Land CID Criminal Investment Department CILT Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport CIP Community Initiated Project CLGSA Civil and Local Government Staff Association CMA Christian Mothers Association CMB Cocoa Marketing Board CME Council of Muslim Elders CMS Church Missionary Society CNC Central National Committee (Ghana) CNS Chief of the Naval Staff CO Colonial Office COAS Chief of the Army Staff COCOBOD Ghana Cocoa Board COPAL Cocoa Producers' Alliance COSG Cross of the Order of the Star of Ghana COV Companion of the Order of the Volta COYA Committee on Youth Associations CPA Community Protection Assistants CPA Cocoa Producers Alliance CPC Cocoa Purchasing Company CPP Convention People's Party CPU Community Protection Units CRIG Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana CSA Civil Servants Association CSIR Council (Center) for Scientific and Industrial Research CSU Christian Service University College CSU Christ Symbolic Union CTO Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization CTS (West African) Command Clerks Training School CUCG  Catholic University College of Ghana CUT Committee of Togolese Unity CVC Citizens' Vetting Committee CWA Catholic Women's Association CYO Catholic Youth Organization CYO Committee on Youth Organization
D  DA District Assembly  DAG Democratic Alliance of Ghana DAO District Administrative Officer DAPIT Development and Application of Intermediate Technology Program DC District Commissioner DCE District Chief Executive DEC District Executive Committee DFI Department of Factories Inspectorate DFID Department for International Development DFP Democratic Freedom Party DIC Divestiture Implementation Committee DMC Diamond Marketing Corporation DOC Department of Cooperatives DOVVSU Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit DPP Democratic People's Party DS District Secretary DSW Department of Social Welfare DUA Democrat Union of Africa DVC Diaspora Vote Committee DVLA Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority DWM 31st December Women's Movement DWP Decent Work Programme DYLG Democratic Youth League of Ghana
E  EAC Economic Advisory Committee  EC Electoral Commission ECOMOG ECOWAS Monitoring Group ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States ECRAG Entertainment Critics and Reviewers Association of Ghana EDP Entrepreneurship Development Program EEC European Economic Community EGLE Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere EITI Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative EREDEC Eastern Regional Development Corporation EPA Economic Partnership Agreements ERP Economic Recovery Program ETLS ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme
F  FAO Food and Agriculture Organization   FC Forestry Commission FDB Food and Drugs Board FDC Food Distribution Corporation FEAC Foreign Exchange Auction Committee FGM Female Genital Mutilation FOD Fraternal Order of Police FOIB Freedom of Information Bill FORIG Forestry Research Institute of Ghana FOREX Foreign Exchange Bureau FPD Front for the Prevention of Dictatorship FPIB Forest Production Inspection Bureau FRI Food Research Institute FSD Forest Service Division FWSC Fair Wages and Salaries Commission FY Federation of Youth FYO Federated Youth Organization
G  GAAS Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences    GABA Ghana Amateur Boxing Association GADL Ghana Association of Democratic Lawyers GAF Ghana Armed Forces GAFCSC Ghana Armed Forces Command & Staff College GAS Ghana Academy of Sciences GAINS Ghana Agricultural Information Network System GAW Ghana Association of Writers GAWU Ghana Agricultural Workers' Union GAWW Ghanaian Association for Women's Welfare GBA Ghana Bar Association GBC Ghana Bauxite Company GBC Ghana Broadcasting Corporation GC Gold Coast GC Grand Coalition GCARPS Gold Coast Aborigines Rights Protection Society GCC Gold Coast Constabulary GCC Ghana Co-operative College GCC Ghana Co-operative Council GCD Ghana Consolidated Diamonds Ltd. GCEU Gold Coast Ex-Servicemen's Union GCFA Gold Coast Farmers' Association GCHC Ghana Cargo Handling Company GCMA Ghana Co-operative Marketing Association GCP Ghana Congress Party GCPP Great Consolidated Popular Party GCSA Ghana Civil Servants Association GCTUC Gold Coast Trades Union Congress GCUC Garden City University College GCUC Ghana Christian University College GDM Ghana Democratic Movement GDP Gross Domestic Product GDRP Ghana Democratic Republican Party GEC Ghana Enterprises Commission GEPC Ghana Export Promotion Council GES Ghana Education Service GET Ghana Educational Trust GFA Ghana Football Authority   ''or''  Ghana Football Association GFDC Ghana Food Distribution Corporation GFIC Ghana Film Industry Corporation GHA Ghana Highway Authority GHAPSO Ghana People's Solidarity Organization GHS Ghana Health Service GIA Ghana International Airlines GIHOC Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation GILLBT Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation GIMPA Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration GJA Ghana Journalists Association GJA Ghana Judo Association GLSS Ghana Living Standards Survey GMA Ghana Manufacturing Association GMA Ghana Medical Association GMA Ghana Military Academy GMFJ Ghana Movement for Freedom and Justice GMRC Ghana Muslim Representative Council GNA Ghana National Archives GNA Ghana News Agency GNAT Ghana National Association of Teachers GNCC Ghana National Chamber of Commerce GNCC Ghana Nation Commission on Children GNCC Ghana National Construction Corporation GNFC Ghana National Farmers' Council GNFS Ghana National Fire Service GNMC Ghana National Manganese Corporation GNPC Ghana National Petroleum Corporation GNTC Ghana National Trading Corporation GNYC Ghana National Youth Council GOIL Ghana Oil Company GOPDC Ghana Oil Palm Development Corporation GP Ghana Post GPHA Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority GPM Ghana Patriotic Movement GPP Ghana Peoples' Party GPPF Ghana Progressive Popular Front GPSC Ghana Peace and Solidarity Council GPTCWU Ghana Petroleum, Transport and Chemical Workers Union GPRTU Ghana Private Road Transport Union G-RAP Ghana Research and Advocacy Programme GRC Ghana Railway Corporation GREDA Ghana Real Estate Developers Association GSB Ghana Standards Board GSC Ghana Shippers Council GSD Geological Survey Department GSE Ghana Stock Exchange GSHRDC Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre GSL Ghana School of Law GSMC Ghana State Mining Corporation GSPD Ghana Society of the Physical Disabled GTB Ghana Tourist Board GTLC Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition GTMC Ghana Timber Marketing Board GTMO Ghana Timber Miller Organization GTP Ghana Textile Printing GTPCWU General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers' Union GTUC Ghana Telecom University College GTV Ghana Television GUNSA Ghana United Nations Students' Association GUP Ghana University Press GWCL Ghana Water Company Limited GYP Ghana Young Pioneer movement
H  HRD Human Resource Development    HIPC Heavily Indebted Poor Country HSWU Health Services Workers' Union
I  IAP Implementation Action Plan  IAS Institute of African Studies IAS Independent African States IASB International African Service Bureau IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ICC Industrial Co-operative Corporation ICCES Integrated Community Centres for Employable Skills ICCO International Cocoa Organization ICO International Coffee Organization ICOUR Irrigation Company for the Upper Regions ICT Information Communication Technology ICU Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union ICVB International Cocoa Verification Board IDA Irrigation Development Authority IDC Industrial Development Corporation IDEA International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance IGP Inspector-General of the Police IMC Interim Management Committee IMF International Monetary Fund IMWG Inter-Ministerial Working Group INCC Interim National Coordinating Committee INEC Interim National Electoral Commission INSTI Institute for Scientific Technological Information IOM International Organization for Migration IRI Industrial Research Institute ISD Information Services Department ISODEC Integrated Social Development Centre ISP Institutional Strengthening Plan ITOCA Information Training and Outreach Centre for AfricaITSAInformation Technology Students Association-(ask vvu - tc) IUCG Islamic University College, Ghana IVRDP Inland Valleys Rice Development Project
J  JAMB Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board   JCC Joint Consultative Committee JCSA Junior Civil Servants Association JFM June Fourth Movement JP Justice Party JPC Joint Provincial Council of Chiefs JSS Junior Secondary School JWAC Joint West Africa Committee
K  KAIPTC Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre  KMA Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly KMAC King's Medal for African Chiefs KNRG Kwame Nkrumah Revolutionary Guards KNUST Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
L  LA Legislative Assembly   LAP Land Administration Project LD Labour Department LEAP Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty LGWU Local Government Workers UnionLILegislative Instrument (ask vvu-tc) LMIS Labour Market Information System LOC Local Organizing Committee of Ghana LRP Labor Re-deployment Program LTPA Local Textile Printers Association
M  MAC Military Advisory Council    MAP Muslim Association Party MATS Military Academy and Training School MAYAN Militant African Youth Against Neo-Colonialism MBE Member of the Order of the British Empire MDG Millennium Development Goals MDPI Management Development and Productivity Institute MESW Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare MFJ Movement for Freedom and Justice MI Military Intelligence M+J Mabey & Johnson MMR Medium Mortar Regiment MOC Municipal Oversight Committee MOFA Ministry of Food and Agriculture MOFEP Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning MOPAD Movement for Peace and Democracy MOTI Ministry of Trade and Industry MOV Member of the Order of Volta MP Member of Parliament MTN Mobile Telecommunications Network MUC Maranatha University College MUC Meridian University College MUCG Methodist University College Ghana MYC Muslim Youth Congress
N  NA Native Authority    NACOB Narcotics Control Bureau (Board) NADECO National Development Company NADMO National Disaster Management Organization NAFAC National Festival of Arts and Culture NAFTI National Film and Television Institute NAG National Archives of Ghana NAGRAT National Association of Graduate Teachers NAL National Alliance of Liberals NALCO National Association of Local Councils NAO Native Administration Ordinance NAPATS National Police Academy & Training Schools NARAC National Agricultural Resources Allocation Committee NASPA National Service Personnel Association NASSO National Association of Socialist Students Organizations NBSSI National Board for Small-Scale Industries NBTPE National Board of Technical and Professional Examinations NCBWA National Congress of British West Africa NCC National Commission on Culture NCCE National Commission for Civic Education NCD National Commission on Democracy NCGW National Council of Ghana Women NCP National Convention Party NCWD National Council for Women and Development NDC National Defence Committee NDC National Democratic Congress NDF National Democratic Front NDM National Democratic Movement NDM New Democratic Movement NDP National Democratic Party NDPC National Development Planning Commission NEB National Energy Board NEC National Economic Commission NEPAD New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development NES National Employment Service NGA New Generation Alliance NGP New Ghana Party NHC National House of Chiefs NHC National Haji Committee NHIS National Health Insurance Scheme NIB National Investment Bank NIC National Investigating Committee NIP New Independence Party / National Independence Party NLC National Labour Commission NLC National Liberation Council NLCD National Liberation Council Decree NLM National Liberation Movement NRC National Redemption Council NNP Nkrumah National Party NP Nationalist Party NPA National Plan of Action NPECLC National Programme for the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour in Cocoa NPP New Patriotic Party NPP Northern People's Party NPTB National Petroleum Tender Board NRC National Reconciliation Commission NRC National Redemption Council NRCD National Redemption Council Decree NREG Natural Resource and Environmental Governance NRSC National Road Safety Commission NRP National Reform Party NSC National Security Council NSC National Service Corps NSPS National Social Protection Strategy NSS National Service Scheme NT Northern Territories NTC Northern Territories Council NTTC National Teacher Training Council NUGS National Union of Ghana Students NUS National Union of Seamen NVTI National Vocational and Technical Institute NYA Northern Youth Association NYC National Youth Council NYEP National Youth Employment Program
O  OAC Organization for African Community    OATUU Organization of African Trade Union Unity OAU Organization of African Unity OCDR Organizing Committee for the Defence of the Revolution OFY Operation Feed Yourself OIC (OICG, OIC-Ghana) Opportunities Industrialization Centre - Ghana OOV Officer of the Order of Volta OPRI Oil Palm Research Institute ORC Office of Revenue Commissioners OTDC Overseas Trade Development Council OVC orphans, vulnerable children
P  PAC Pan African Club    PAC Political Advisory Committee PACU(C) Pan-African Christian University College PAMSCAD Program of Action to Mitigate the Social Cost of Adjustment PANAFEST Pan African Festival PAP People's Action Party PBC Pentecost Bible Centre PBD Produce Buying Division (of Cocoa Marketing Board) PCP People's Convention Party PDA Preventive Detention Act PDC People's Defence Committee PDD Presidential Detail Department PEA People's Educational Association PEAs Private employment agencies PEF Private Enterprise Foundation PFP Popular Front Party PHP People's Heritage Party PIB Price and Incomes Board PIP People's Independent Party PLWHA Peoples Living With HIV/AIDS PMFJ People's Movement for Freedom and Justice PMMC Precious Minerals Marketing Corporation PNC People's National Convention PNDC Provisional National Defence Council PNDCL Provisional National Defence Council Law PNP People's National Party POGR President's Own Guard Regiment POYA Popular Youth Association PP Progress Party PPAG Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana PPB Public Procurement Board PPC Petroleum Promotion Council PPDD Popular Party for Democracy and Development PPF People's Popular Front PPP People's Popular Party PRELOG People's Revolutionary League of Ghana PRLG People's Revolutionary League of Ghana   PRP People's Revolutionary Party PSC Police Service Commission PSG Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana PSI Presidential's Special Initiatives PSWU Public Services Workers' Union PTWU Post and Telecommunications Workers' Union PTA Parent-Teacher Association PUC Pentecost University College PUC Presbyterian University College PURC Public Utilities Regulatory Commission PWDs People with disabilities PYG Patriotic Youth of Ghana
Q QUT=Quantity union Transfer
R  RAC Royal African Company    RACCLI  Royal African Colonial Corps of Light Infantry RAF Regional Office for Africa RAO Research and Advocacy Organizations RC Regional Commissioner RDC Regional Development Corporation ROCAS Royal Care and Support ROPAL Representation of the People's Amendment Law RTU Real Tamale United RWAFF Royal West African Frontier ForceRe=Rain earn
S  SAEMA Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan Assembly  SAG Senior Advocate of Ghana SAL Structural Adjustment Loan SAP Structural Adjustment Program SCMB State Cocoa Marketing Board SCOA Société Commerciale de l'Ouest Africain SDF Social Democratic Front SEC State Enterprises Commission SFO Serious Fraud Office SIB Special Investigations Board SGMC State Gold Mining Corporation SMA Societas Missionum ad Afros SMC State Mining Companies SMC Supreme Military Council SMCD Supreme Military Council Decree SME Small and Medium Enterprises SOERP State-Owned Enterprise Reform Program SONA Society of National Affairs SPG Society for the Propagation of the Gospel SPLiT Social Protection and Livelihood Technical Committee SPP Special Public Prosecutor SRC Students' representative council SFO Social Security and National Insurance Trust SRID Statistics, Research and Information Directorate STAFAMS State Farms Corporation Supt. Superintendent SWAG Sport Writers Association of Ghana
T  TAMASEC Tamale Secondary School    TB Trashy Bags TBA Traditional birth attendant TC Togoland Congress TCC Technology Consultancy Center TCOR Trusteeship Council Official Records TCP Togoland Congress Party TDC Tema Development Corporation TEDB Timber Export Development Board TEWU Teachers and Educational Workers' Union TF Third Force TMB Timber Marketing Board TOR Tema Oil Refinery TRC Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Ghana) TSSP Trade Sector Support Programme TTI Takoradi Technical Institute TUC Trades Union Congress TVET Technical and Vocational Education and Training TVT Trans-Volta Togoland
U  UAC United Africa Company    UAF United Action FrontUENR  UDS University for Development Studies UG University of Ghana UGCC United Gold Coast Convention Party UGFC United Ghana Farmers' Council UGFCC United Ghana Farmers' Council of Cooperatives UGM United Ghana Movement UGMRC United Ghana Muslim Representative Council UNC United National Congress UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization UNIA Universal Negro Improvement Association UNIFIL United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon UNIGOV Union Government (Ghana) UNP United Nationalist Party UNTSO United Nations Truce Supervision Organization UP United Party UST University of Science and Technology UTAG University Teachers Association of Ghana UUY Universal United Youth OrganizationUVCUniversal Village Consult (ask vvu - tc)
V  VAG Veterans Association of Ghana     VALCO Volta Aluminium Company VBGC Veranda Boys and Girls Club VBRP Volta Basin Research Project VLRDP Volta Lake Research and Development Project VORADEC Volta Regional Agricultural Development Corporation VORADEP Volta Regional Agricultural Development Project VRA Volta River Authority VRCC Volta Regional Co-ordinating Council VRP Volta River Project VSD Veterinary Service Directorate VVU Valley View University
W  WAAC West African Airways Corporation WACA West African Court of Appeal WAEC West African Examinations Council WAFF West African Frontier Force WAGP West African Gas Pipeline WAMI West African Monetary Institute WAMZ West African Monetary Zone WANEP West Africa Network for Peacebuilding WANS West African National Secretariat WASEC Wa Secondary School WASSCE West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination WASU West African Students' Union    WAYL West African Youth League   WDC Workers' Defence Committee   WREDEC Western Regional Development Corporation
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Y  YAG Youth Association of Ghana    YEN Youth Employment Network  YPM Young Pioneer Movement YSG Youth Study Group
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