List of abbreviations in Ghana explained

This is a list of abbreviations commonly used in Ghana and previously in the Gold Coast

A

AATUFAll-African Trade Union Federation
ABUAfrican Boxing Union
ACDCArmy Central Defence Committee
ACDRAssociation of Committees for the Defence of the Revolution
ACIAfrican Culture Institute
ACIDAmansuri Conservation and Integrated Development
ACPAfrican, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
ACPAction Congress Party
ACPAssistant Commissioner of Police
ADBAfrican Development Bank
ADCAgricultural Development Corporation
ADFAlliance of Democratic Forces
ADDROAnglican Diocesan Development and Relief Organization
AEFGAid Effectiveness Forum - Ghana
AFCAlliance for Change
AFCASAfrican Commission on Agricultural Statistics
AFDCArmed Forces Defence Commission
AFFAfrican Freedom Fighters
AFRCArmed Forces Revolutionary Council
AFWCAfrican Forestry and Wildlife Commission
AGCAshanti (Asante) Goldfields Corporation
AGCCAfrican Gold Coast Company
AGIAssociation of Ghana Industries
ALPEAlliance for Poverty Eradication
AMAAccra Metropolitan Assembly
AMEAfrican Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
ANUCAll Nations University College
AOMCAssociation of Oil Marketing Companies
APPAll People's Party
APPAfrica Progress Panel
APRPAll People's Republican Party
APTIAssociation of Principals of Technical Institutions
ARIAnimal Research Institute
ARPBAssociation of Recognized Professional Bodies
ARPSAborigines' Rights Protection Society
ASPAssistant Superintendent of Police
AUAfrican Union
AUCAshesi University College
AWAMAssociation of West African Merchants
AYAAnlo Youth Association
AYAAnlo Youth Association
AYBAfrican Youth Brigade
AYCAfrica Youth Command

B

BABachelor for Administration
BAGBar Association of Ghana
BARADEPBrong-Ahafo Regional Agricultural Development Program
BARDECBrong-Ahafo Regional Development Corporation
BECEBasic Education Certificate Examination
BGBorder Guards
BHCBank for Housing Construction
B.L.Bachelor of Law Sciences
BNIBureau of National Investigations
BoGBank of Ghana
BSLBlack Star Line
BSPSBusiness Sector Programme Support

C

C & SCherubim and Seraphim Society
CAConstitutional Assembly
CAConsultative Assembly
CAPNational Coalition Against the Privatization of Water
CASChief of the Air Staff
CBACollective Bargaining Agreement
CCAFCoca Cola Africa Foundation
CCDEFCoordinating Committee of Democratic Forces
CCDFCoordinating Committee of Democratic Forces
CCECenter for Civic Education
CCGChristian Council of Ghana
CCLMCommunity Based Child Labour Monitoring
CDD-GhanaCenter for Democratic Development, Ghana
CDRCommittee for the Defence of the Revolution
CDSChief of the Defence Staff
CECAFFishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic
CEDEPCenter for the Development of People
CEPSCustoms, Excise and Preventive Service
CGMCChamber of Ghanaian Mining Concessionaires
CHPSCommunity-Based Health Planning and Services
CHRAJCommission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice
CICOLCivil Society Coalition on Land
CIDCriminal Investment Department
CILTChartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
CIPCommunity Initiated Project
CLGSACivil and Local Government Staff Association
CMAChristian Mothers Association
CMBCocoa Marketing Board
CMECouncil of Muslim Elders
CMSChurch Missionary Society
CNCCentral National Committee (Ghana)
CNSChief of the Naval Staff
COColonial Office
COASChief of the Army Staff
COCOBODGhana Cocoa Board
COPALCocoa Producers' Alliance
COSGCross of the Order of the Star of Ghana
COVCompanion of the Order of the Volta
COYACommittee on Youth Associations
CPACommunity Protection Assistants
CPACocoa Producers Alliance
CPCCocoa Purchasing Company
CPPConvention People's Party
CPUCommunity Protection Units
CRIGCocoa Research Institute of Ghana
CSACivil Servants Association
CSIRCouncil (Center) for Scientific and Industrial Research
CSUChristian Service University College
CSUChrist Symbolic Union
CTOCommonwealth Telecommunication Organization
CTS(West African) Command Clerks Training School
CUCGCatholic University College of Ghana
CUTCommittee of Togolese Unity
CVCCitizens' Vetting Committee
CWACatholic Women's Association
CYOCatholic Youth Organization
CYOCommittee on Youth Organization

D

DADistrict Assembly
DAGDemocratic Alliance of Ghana
DAODistrict Administrative Officer
DAPITDevelopment and Application of Intermediate Technology Program
DCDistrict Commissioner
DCEDistrict Chief Executive
DECDistrict Executive Committee
DFIDepartment of Factories Inspectorate
DFIDDepartment for International Development
DFPDemocratic Freedom Party
DICDivestiture Implementation Committee
DMCDiamond Marketing Corporation
DOCDepartment of Cooperatives
DOVVSUDomestic Violence and Victim Support Unit
DPPDemocratic People's Party
DSDistrict Secretary
DSWDepartment of Social Welfare
DUADemocrat Union of Africa
DVCDiaspora Vote Committee
DVLADriver and Vehicle Licensing Authority
DWM31st December Women's Movement
DWPDecent Work Programme
DYLGDemocratic Youth League of Ghana

E

EACEconomic Advisory Committee
ECElectoral Commission
ECOMOGECOWAS Monitoring Group
ECOWASEconomic Community of West African States
ECRAGEntertainment Critics and Reviewers Association of Ghana
EDPEntrepreneurship Development Program
EECEuropean Economic Community
EGLEEvery Ghanaian Living Everywhere
EITIExtractive Industries Transparency Initiative
EREDECEastern Regional Development Corporation
EPAEconomic Partnership Agreements
ERPEconomic Recovery Program
ETLSECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme

F

FAOFood and Agriculture Organization
FCForestry Commission
FDBFood and Drugs Board
FDCFood Distribution Corporation
FEACForeign Exchange Auction Committee
FGMFemale Genital Mutilation
FODFraternal Order of Police
FOIBFreedom of Information Bill
FORIGForestry Research Institute of Ghana
FOREXForeign Exchange Bureau
FPDFront for the Prevention of Dictatorship
FPIBForest Production Inspection Bureau
FRIFood Research Institute
FSDForest Service Division
FWSCFair Wages and Salaries Commission
FYFederation of Youth
FYOFederated Youth Organization

G

GAASGhana Academy of Arts and Sciences
GABAGhana Amateur Boxing Association
GADLGhana Association of Democratic Lawyers
GAFGhana Armed Forces
GAFCSCGhana Armed Forces Command & Staff College
GASGhana Academy of Sciences
GAINSGhana Agricultural Information Network System
GAWGhana Association of Writers
GAWUGhana Agricultural Workers' Union
GAWWGhanaian Association for Women's Welfare
GBAGhana Bar Association
GBCGhana Bauxite Company
GBCGhana Broadcasting Corporation
GCGold Coast
GCGrand Coalition
GCARPSGold Coast Aborigines Rights Protection Society
GCCGold Coast Constabulary
GCCGhana Co-operative College
GCCGhana Co-operative Council
GCDGhana Consolidated Diamonds Ltd.
GCEUGold Coast Ex-Servicemen's Union
GCFAGold Coast Farmers' Association
GCHCGhana Cargo Handling Company
GCMAGhana Co-operative Marketing Association
GCPGhana Congress Party
GCPPGreat Consolidated Popular Party
GCSAGhana Civil Servants Association
GCTUCGold Coast Trades Union Congress
GCUCGarden City University College
GCUCGhana Christian University College
GDMGhana Democratic Movement
GDPGross Domestic Product
GDRPGhana Democratic Republican Party
GECGhana Enterprises Commission
GEPCGhana Export Promotion Council
GESGhana Education Service
GETGhana Educational Trust
GFAGhana Football Authority or
Ghana Football Association
GFDCGhana Food Distribution Corporation
GFICGhana Film Industry Corporation
GHAGhana Highway Authority
GHAPSOGhana People's Solidarity Organization
GHSGhana Health Service
GIAGhana International Airlines
GIHOCGhana Industrial Holding Corporation
GILLBTGhana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation
GIMPAGhana Institute of Management and Public Administration
GJAGhana Journalists Association
GJAGhana Judo Association
GLSSGhana Living Standards Survey
GMAGhana Manufacturing Association
GMAGhana Medical Association
GMAGhana Military Academy
GMFJGhana Movement for Freedom and Justice
GMRCGhana Muslim Representative Council
GNAGhana National Archives
GNAGhana News Agency
GNATGhana National Association of Teachers
GNCCGhana National Chamber of Commerce
GNCCGhana Nation Commission on Children
GNCCGhana National Construction Corporation
GNFCGhana National Farmers' Council
GNFSGhana National Fire Service
GNMCGhana National Manganese Corporation
GNPCGhana National Petroleum Corporation
GNTCGhana National Trading Corporation
GNYCGhana National Youth Council
GOILGhana Oil Company
GOPDCGhana Oil Palm Development Corporation
GPGhana Post
GPHAGhana Ports and Harbours Authority
GPMGhana Patriotic Movement
GPPGhana Peoples' Party
GPPFGhana Progressive Popular Front
GPSCGhana Peace and Solidarity Council
GPTCWUGhana Petroleum, Transport and Chemical Workers Union
GPRTUGhana Private Road Transport Union
G-RAPGhana Research and Advocacy Programme
GRCGhana Railway Corporation
GREDAGhana Real Estate Developers Association
GSBGhana Standards Board
GSCGhana Shippers Council
GSDGeological Survey Department
GSEGhana Stock Exchange
GSHRDCGender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre
GSLGhana School of Law
GSMCGhana State Mining Corporation
GSPDGhana Society of the Physical Disabled
GTBGhana Tourist Board
GTLCGhana Trade and Livelihood Coalition
GTMCGhana Timber Marketing Board
GTMOGhana Timber Miller Organization
GTPGhana Textile Printing
GTPCWUGeneral Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers' Union
GTUCGhana Telecom University College
GTVGhana Television
GUNSAGhana United Nations Students' Association
GUPGhana University Press
GWCLGhana Water Company Limited
GYPGhana Young Pioneer movement

H

HRDHuman Resource Development
HIPCHeavily Indebted Poor Country
HSWUHealth Services Workers' Union

I

IAPImplementation Action Plan
IASInstitute of African Studies
IASIndependent African States
IASBInternational African Service Bureau
IBRDInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICCIndustrial Co-operative Corporation
ICCESIntegrated Community Centres for Employable Skills
ICCOInternational Cocoa Organization
ICOInternational Coffee Organization
ICOURIrrigation Company for the Upper Regions
ICTInformation Communication Technology
ICUIndustrial and Commercial Workers' Union
ICVBInternational Cocoa Verification Board
IDAIrrigation Development Authority
IDCIndustrial Development Corporation
IDEAInternational Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
IGPInspector-General of the Police
IMCInterim Management Committee
IMFInternational Monetary Fund
IMWGInter-Ministerial Working Group
INCCInterim National Coordinating Committee
INECInterim National Electoral Commission
INSTIInstitute for Scientific Technological Information
IOMInternational Organization for Migration
IRIIndustrial Research Institute
ISDInformation Services Department
ISODECIntegrated Social Development Centre
ISPInstitutional Strengthening Plan
ITOCAInformation Training and Outreach Centre for Africa
ITSAInformation Technology Students Association-(ask vvu - tc)
IUCGIslamic University College, Ghana
IVRDPInland Valleys Rice Development Project

J

JAMBJoint Admissions and Matriculation Board
JCCJoint Consultative Committee
JCSAJunior Civil Servants Association
JFMJune Fourth Movement
JPJustice Party
JPCJoint Provincial Council of Chiefs
JSSJunior Secondary School
JWACJoint West Africa Committee

K

KAIPTCKofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre
KMAKumasi Metropolitan Assembly
KMACKing's Medal for African Chiefs
KNRGKwame Nkrumah Revolutionary Guards
KNUSTKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

L

LALegislative Assembly
LAPLand Administration Project
LDLabour Department
LEAPLivelihood Empowerment Against Poverty
LGWULocal Government Workers Union
LILegislative Instrument (ask vvu-tc)
LMISLabour Market Information System
LOCLocal Organizing Committee of Ghana
LRPLabor Re-deployment Program
LTPALocal Textile Printers Association

M

MACMilitary Advisory Council
MAPMuslim Association Party
MATSMilitary Academy and Training School
MAYANMilitant African Youth Against Neo-Colonialism
MBEMember of the Order of the British Empire
MDGMillennium Development Goals
MDPIManagement Development and Productivity Institute
MESWMinistry of Employment and Social Welfare
MFJMovement for Freedom and Justice
MIMilitary Intelligence
M+JMabey & Johnson
MMRMedium Mortar Regiment
MOCMunicipal Oversight Committee
MOFAMinistry of Food and Agriculture
MOFEPMinistry of Finance and Economic Planning
MOPADMovement for Peace and Democracy
MOTIMinistry of Trade and Industry
MOVMember of the Order of Volta
MPMember of Parliament
MTNMobile Telecommunications Network
MUCMaranatha University College
MUCMeridian University College
MUCGMethodist University College Ghana
MYCMuslim Youth Congress

N

NANative Authority
NACOBNarcotics Control Bureau (Board)
NADECONational Development Company
NADMONational Disaster Management Organization
NAFACNational Festival of Arts and Culture
NAFTINational Film and Television Institute
NAGNational Archives of Ghana
NAGRATNational Association of Graduate Teachers
NALNational Alliance of Liberals
NALCONational Association of Local Councils
NAONative Administration Ordinance
NAPATSNational Police Academy & Training Schools
NARACNational Agricultural Resources Allocation Committee
NASPANational Service Personnel Association
NASSONational Association of Socialist Students Organizations
NBSSINational Board for Small-Scale Industries
NBTPENational Board of Technical and Professional Examinations
NCBWANational Congress of British West Africa
NCCNational Commission on Culture
NCCENational Commission for Civic Education
NCDNational Commission on Democracy
NCGWNational Council of Ghana Women
NCPNational Convention Party
NCWDNational Council for Women and Development
NDCNational Defence Committee
NDCNational Democratic Congress
NDFNational Democratic Front
NDMNational Democratic Movement
NDMNew Democratic Movement
NDPNational Democratic Party
NDPCNational Development Planning Commission
NEBNational Energy Board
NECNational Economic Commission
NEPADNew Economic Partnership for Africa's Development
NESNational Employment Service
NGANew Generation Alliance
NGPNew Ghana Party
NHCNational House of Chiefs
NHCNational Haji Committee
NHISNational Health Insurance Scheme
NIBNational Investment Bank
NICNational Investigating Committee
NIPNew Independence Party / National Independence Party
NLCNational Labour Commission
NLCNational Liberation Council
NLCDNational Liberation Council Decree
NLMNational Liberation Movement
NRCNational Redemption Council
NNPNkrumah National Party
NPNationalist Party
NPANational Plan of Action
NPECLCNational Programme for the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour in Cocoa
NPPNew Patriotic Party
NPPNorthern People's Party
NPTBNational Petroleum Tender Board
NRCNational Reconciliation Commission
NRCNational Redemption Council
NRCDNational Redemption Council Decree
NREGNatural Resource and Environmental Governance
NRSCNational Road Safety Commission
NRPNational Reform Party
NSCNational Security Council
NSCNational Service Corps
NSPSNational Social Protection Strategy
NSSNational Service Scheme
NTNorthern Territories
NTCNorthern Territories Council
NTTCNational Teacher Training Council
NUGSNational Union of Ghana Students
NUSNational Union of Seamen
NVTINational Vocational and Technical Institute
NYANorthern Youth Association
NYCNational Youth Council
NYEPNational Youth Employment Program

O

OACOrganization for African Community
OATUUOrganization of African Trade Union Unity
OAUOrganization of African Unity
OCDROrganizing Committee for the Defence of the Revolution
OFYOperation Feed Yourself
OIC (OICG, OIC-Ghana)Opportunities Industrialization Centre - Ghana
OOVOfficer of the Order of Volta
OPRIOil Palm Research Institute
ORCOffice of Revenue Commissioners
OTDCOverseas Trade Development Council
OVCorphans, vulnerable children

P


PACPan African Club
PACPolitical Advisory Committee
PACU(C)Pan-African Christian University College
PAMSCADProgram of Action to Mitigate the Social Cost of Adjustment
PANAFESTPan African Festival
PAPPeople's Action Party
PBCPentecost Bible Centre
PBDProduce Buying Division (of Cocoa Marketing Board)
PCPPeople's Convention Party
PDAPreventive Detention Act
PDCPeople's Defence Committee
PDDPresidential Detail Department
PEAPeople's Educational Association
PEAsPrivate employment agencies
PEFPrivate Enterprise Foundation
PFPPopular Front Party
PHPPeople's Heritage Party
PIBPrice and Incomes Board
PIPPeople's Independent Party
PLWHAPeoples Living With HIV/AIDS
PMFJPeople's Movement for Freedom and Justice
PMMCPrecious Minerals Marketing Corporation
PNCPeople's National Convention
PNDCProvisional National Defence Council
PNDCLProvisional National Defence Council Law
PNPPeople's National Party
POGRPresident's Own Guard Regiment
POYAPopular Youth Association
PPProgress Party
PPAGPlanned Parenthood Association of Ghana
PPBPublic Procurement Board
PPCPetroleum Promotion Council
PPDDPopular Party for Democracy and Development
PPFPeople's Popular Front
PPPPeople's Popular Party
PRELOGPeople's Revolutionary League of Ghana
PRLGPeople's Revolutionary League of Ghana
PRPPeople's Revolutionary Party
PSCPolice Service Commission
PSGPharmaceutical Society of Ghana
PSIPresidential's Special Initiatives
PSWUPublic Services Workers' Union
PTWUPost and Telecommunications Workers' Union
PTAParent-Teacher Association
PUCPentecost University College
PUCPresbyterian University College
PURCPublic Utilities Regulatory Commission
PWDsPeople with disabilities
PYGPatriotic Youth of Ghana

Q

QUT=Quantity union Transfer

R

RACRoyal African Company
RACCLIRoyal African Colonial Corps of Light Infantry
RAFRegional Office for Africa
RAOResearch and Advocacy Organizations
RCRegional Commissioner
RDCRegional Development Corporation
ROCASRoyal Care and Support
ROPALRepresentation of the People's Amendment Law
RTUReal Tamale United
RWAFFRoyal West African Frontier Force
Re=Rain earn

S

SAEMAShama Ahanta East Metropolitan Assembly
SAGSenior Advocate of Ghana
SALStructural Adjustment Loan
SAPStructural Adjustment Program
SCMBState Cocoa Marketing Board
SCOASociété Commerciale de l'Ouest Africain
SDFSocial Democratic Front
SECState Enterprises Commission
SFOSerious Fraud Office
SIBSpecial Investigations Board
SGMCState Gold Mining Corporation
SMASocietas Missionum ad Afros
SMCState Mining Companies
SMCSupreme Military Council
SMCDSupreme Military Council Decree
SMESmall and Medium Enterprises
SOERPState-Owned Enterprise Reform Program
SONASociety of National Affairs
SPGSociety for the Propagation of the Gospel
SPLiTSocial Protection and Livelihood Technical Committee
SPPSpecial Public Prosecutor
SRCStudents' representative council
SFOSocial Security and National Insurance Trust
SRIDStatistics, Research and Information Directorate
STAFAMSState Farms Corporation
Supt.Superintendent
SWAGSport Writers Association of Ghana

T

TAMASECTamale Secondary School
TBTrashy Bags
TBATraditional birth attendant
TCTogoland Congress
TCCTechnology Consultancy Center
TCORTrusteeship Council Official Records
TCPTogoland Congress Party
TDCTema Development Corporation
TEDBTimber Export Development Board
TEWUTeachers and Educational Workers' Union
TFThird Force
TMBTimber Marketing Board
TORTema Oil Refinery
TRCTruth and Reconciliation Commission (Ghana)
TSSPTrade Sector Support Programme
TTITakoradi Technical Institute
TUCTrades Union Congress
TVETTechnical and Vocational Education and Training
TVTTrans-Volta Togoland

U

UACUnited Africa Company
UAFUnited Action FrontUENR
UDSUniversity for Development Studies
UGUniversity of Ghana
UGCCUnited Gold Coast Convention Party
UGFCUnited Ghana Farmers' Council
UGFCCUnited Ghana Farmers' Council of Cooperatives
UGMUnited Ghana Movement
UGMRCUnited Ghana Muslim Representative Council
UNCUnited National Congress
UNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNIAUniversal Negro Improvement Association
UNIFILUnited Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
UNIGOVUnion Government (Ghana)
UNPUnited Nationalist Party
UNTSOUnited Nations Truce Supervision Organization
UPUnited Party
USTUniversity of Science and Technology
UTAGUniversity Teachers Association of Ghana
UUYUniversal United Youth Organization
UVCUniversal Village Consult (ask vvu - tc)

V

VAGVeterans Association of Ghana
VALCOVolta Aluminium Company
VBGCVeranda Boys and Girls Club
VBRPVolta Basin Research Project
VLRDPVolta Lake Research and Development Project
VORADECVolta Regional Agricultural Development Corporation
VORADEPVolta Regional Agricultural Development Project
VRAVolta River Authority
VRCCVolta Regional Co-ordinating Council
VRPVolta River Project
VSDVeterinary Service Directorate
VVUValley View University

W

WAACWest African Airways Corporation
WACAWest African Court of Appeal
WAECWest African Examinations Council
WAFFWest African Frontier Force
WAGPWest African Gas Pipeline
WAMIWest African Monetary Institute
WAMZWest African Monetary Zone
WANEPWest Africa Network for Peacebuilding
WANSWest African National Secretariat
WASECWa Secondary School
WASSCEWest Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination
WASUWest African Students' Union
WAYLWest African Youth League
WDCWorkers' Defence Committee
WREDECWestern Regional Development Corporation

X

Y

YAGYouth Association of Ghana
YENYouth Employment Network
YPMYoung Pioneer Movement
YSGYouth Study Group

Z