# List of abbreviations in Ghana

This is a list of abbreviations commonly used in Ghana and previously in the Gold Coast
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| HRD | Human Resource Development |
| HIPC | Heavily Indebted Poor Country |
| HSWU | Health Services Workers' Union |
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| 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 Africa |
| ITSA | Information Technology Students Association-(ask vvu - tc) |
| IUCG | Islamic University College, Ghana |
| IVRDP | Inland Valleys Rice Development Project |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| LA | Legislative Assembly |
| LAP | Land Administration Project |
| LD | Labour Department |
| LEAP | Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty |
| LGWU | Local Government Workers Union |
| LI | Legislative 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 Force |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| UAC | United Africa Company | |
| UAF | United Action Front | UENR |
| 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 Organization |
| UVC | Universal Village Consult (ask vvu - tc) |
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| 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 |
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| 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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| YAG | Youth Association of Ghana |
| YEN | Youth Employment Network |
| YPM | Young Pioneer Movement |
| YSG | Youth Study Group |
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