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 | ||
| ACDR | ||
| ACI | ||
| ACID | ||
| ACP | African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States | |
| ACP | Action Congress Party | |
| ACP | Assistant Commissioner of Police | |
| ADB | African Development Bank | |
| ADC | ||
| ADF | Alliance of Democratic Forces | |
| ADDRO | ||
| AEFG | ||
| AFC | ||
| AFCAS | ||
| AFDC | ||
| AFF | ||
| AFRC | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | |
| AFWC | ||
| AGC | Ashanti (Asante) Goldfields Corporation | |
| AGCC | ||
| AGI | Association of Ghana Industries | |
| ALPE | ||
| AMA | Accra Metropolitan Assembly | |
| AME | African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | |
| ANUC | All Nations University College | |
| AOMC | ||
| APP | All People's Party | |
| APP | Africa Progress Panel | |
| APRP | All People's Republican Party | |
| APTI | ||
| ARI | ||
| ARPB | ||
| ARPS | Aborigines' Rights Protection Society | |
| ASP | Assistant Superintendent of Police | |
| AU | African Union | |
| AUC | Ashesi University College | |
| AWAM | ||
| AYA | Anlo Youth Association | |
| AYA | Anlo Youth Association | |
| AYB | African Youth Brigade | |
| AYC |
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| BA | ||
| BAG | ||
| BARADEP | ||
| BARDEC | ||
| BECE | Basic Education Certificate Examination | |
| BG | Border Guards | |
| BHC | ||
| B.L. | ||
| BNI | Bureau of National Investigations | |
| BoG | Bank of Ghana | |
| BSL | Black Star Line | |
| BSPS |
C[]
| C & S | Cherubim and Seraphim Society | |
| CA | ||
| CA | ||
| CAP | ||
| CAS | ||
| CBA | Collective Bargaining Agreement | |
| CCAF | ||
| CCDEF | ||
| CCDF | ||
| CCE | ||
| CCG | Christian Council of Ghana | |
| CCLM | ||
| CDD-Ghana | ||
| CDR | ||
| CDS | Chief of the Defence Staff | |
| CECAF | ||
| CEDEP | ||
| CEPS | Customs, Excise and Preventive Service | |
| CGMC | ||
| CHPS | ||
| CHRAJ | Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice | |
| CICOL | ||
| CID | ||
| CILT | Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport | |
| CIP | ||
| CLGSA | ||
| CMA | ||
| CMB | Cocoa Marketing Board | |
| CME | ||
| CMS | Church Missionary Society | |
| CNC | ||
| CNS | ||
| CO | Colonial Office | |
| COAS | Chief of the Army Staff | |
| COCOBOD | Ghana Cocoa Board | |
| COPAL | ||
| COSG | Cross of the Order of the Star of Ghana | |
| COV | Companion of the Order of the Volta | |
| COYA | ||
| CPA | ||
| CPA | ||
| CPC | ||
| CPP | Convention People's Party | |
| CPU | ||
| CRIG | Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana | |
| CSA | ||
| CSIR | ||
| CSU | Christian Service University College | |
| CSU | ||
| CTO | ||
| CTS | (West African) | |
| CUCG | Catholic University College of Ghana | |
| CUT | Committee of Togolese Unity | |
| CVC | ||
| CWA | ||
| CYO | Catholic Youth Organization | |
| CYO |
D[]
| DA | ||
| DAG | ||
| DAO | ||
| DAPIT | ||
| DC | ||
| DCE | District Chief Executive | |
| DEC | ||
| DFI | ||
| DFID | Department for International Development | |
| DFP | ||
| DIC | ||
| DMC | ||
| DOC | Department of Cooperatives | |
| DOVVSU | Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit | |
| DPP | Democratic People's Party | |
| DS | ||
| DSW | ||
| DUA | Democrat Union of Africa | |
| DVC | ||
| DVLA | Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority | |
| DWM | ||
| DWP | ||
| DYLG |
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| EAC | ||
| EC | Electoral Commission | |
| ECOMOG | ECOWAS Monitoring Group | |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States | |
| ECRAG | ||
| EDP | ||
| EEC | European Economic Community | |
| EGLE | Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere | |
| EITI | Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative | |
| EREDEC | ||
| EPA | Economic Partnership Agreements | |
| ERP | ||
| ETLS |
F[]
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization | |
| FC | Forestry Commission | |
| FDB | Food and Drugs Board | |
| FDC | ||
| FEAC | ||
| FGM | Female Genital Mutilation | |
| FOD | ||
| FOIB | ||
| FORIG | Forestry Research Institute of Ghana | |
| FOREX | ||
| FPD | ||
| FPIB | ||
| FRI | ||
| FSD | ||
| FWSC | ||
| FY | ||
| FYO |
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H[]
| HRD | Human Resource Development | |
| HIPC | Heavily Indebted Poor Country | |
| HSWU | Health Services Workers' Union |
I[]
| IAP | ||
| IAS | Institute of African Studies | |
| IAS | ||
| IASB | International African Service Bureau | |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | |
| ICC | ||
| ICCES | ||
| ICCO | International Cocoa Organization | |
| ICO | International Coffee Organization | |
| ICOUR | ||
| ICT | Information Communication Technology | |
| ICU | Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union | |
| ICVB | ||
| IDA | ||
| IDC | ||
| IDEA | International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance | |
| IGP | ||
| IMC | ||
| IMF | International Monetary Fund | |
| IMWG | ||
| INCC | ||
| INEC | ||
| INSTI | ||
| IOM | International Organization for Migration | |
| IRI | Industrial Research Institute | |
| ISD | ||
| ISODEC | ||
| ISP | ||
| ITOCA | ||
| ITSA | ||
| IUCG | Islamic University College, Ghana | |
| IVRDP |
J[]
| JAMB | Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board | |
| JCC | ||
| JCSA | ||
| JFM | ||
| JP | Justice Party | |
| JPC | ||
| JSS | ||
| JWAC |
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| KAIPTC | Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre | |
| KMA | Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly | |
| KMAC | ||
| KNRG | ||
| KNUST | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
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| LA | Legislative Assembly | |
| LAP | ||
| LD | ||
| LEAP | ||
| LGWU | ||
| LI | ||
| LMIS | ||
| LOC | ||
| LRP | ||
| LTPA |
M[]
| MAC | ||
| MAP | Muslim Association Party | |
| MATS | ||
| MAYAN | ||
| MBE | Member of the Order of the British Empire | |
| MDG | Millennium Development Goals | |
| MDPI | ||
| MESW | ||
| MFJ | ||
| MI | Military Intelligence | |
| M+J | Mabey & Johnson | |
| MMR | ||
| MOC | ||
| MOFA | ||
| MOFEP | Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning | |
| MOPAD | ||
| MOTI | Ministry of Trade and Industry | |
| MOV | ||
| MP | Member of Parliament | |
| MTN | ||
| MUC | ||
| MUC | ||
| MUCG | Methodist University College Ghana | |
| MYC |
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O[]
| OAC | ||
| OATUU | Organization of African Trade Union Unity | |
| OAU | Organization of African Unity | |
| OCDR | ||
| OFY | Operation Feed Yourself | |
| OIC (OICG, OIC-Ghana) | ||
| OOV | ||
| OPRI | ||
| ORC | ||
| OTDC | ||
| OVC |
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| PAC | ||
| PAC | ||
| PACU(C) | ||
| PAMSCAD | ||
| PANAFEST | ||
| PAP | People's Action Party | |
| PBC | ||
| PBD | (of Cocoa Marketing Board) | |
| PCP | People's Convention Party | |
| PDA | ||
| PDC | ||
| PDD | ||
| PEA | ||
| PEAs | Private employment agencies | |
| PEF | Private Enterprise Foundation | |
| PFP | Popular Front Party | |
| PHP | People's Heritage Party | |
| PIB | ||
| PIP | People's Independent Party | |
| PLWHA | ||
| PMFJ | ||
| PMMC | ||
| PNC | People's National Convention | |
| PNDC | Provisional National Defence Council | |
| PNDCL | ||
| PNP | People's National Party | |
| POGR | President's Own Guard Regiment | |
| POYA | ||
| PP | Progress Party | |
| PPAG | Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana | |
| PPB | ||
| PPC | ||
| PPDD | ||
| PPF | ||
| PPP | ||
| PRELOG | ||
| PRLG | ||
| PRP | ||
| PSC | ||
| PSG | Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana | |
| PSI | ||
| PSWU | Public Services Workers' Union | |
| PTWU | ||
| PTA | Parent-Teacher Association | |
| PUC | Pentecost University College | |
| PUC | Presbyterian University College | |
| PURC | ||
| PWDs | People with disabilities | |
| PYG |
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QUT=Quantity union Transfer
R[]
| RAC | Royal African Company | |
| RACCLI | ||
| RAF | ||
| RAO | ||
| RC | Regional Commissioner | |
| RDC | ||
| ROCAS | ||
| ROPAL | ||
| RTU | Real Tamale United | |
| RWAFF | Royal West African Frontier Force |
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| SAEMA | ||
| SAG | ||
| SAL | Structural Adjustment Loan | |
| SAP | Structural Adjustment Program | |
| SCMB | ||
| SCOA | ||
| SDF | Social Democratic Front | |
| SEC | ||
| SFO | ||
| SIB | ||
| SGMC | ||
| SMA | ||
| SMC | ||
| SMC | Supreme Military Council | |
| SMCD | ||
| SME | Small and Medium Enterprises | |
| SOERP | ||
| SONA | ||
| SPG | Society for the Propagation of the Gospel | |
| SPLiT | ||
| SPP | ||
| SRC | Students' representative council | |
| SFO | Social Security and National Insurance Trust | |
| SRID | ||
| STAFAMS | ||
| 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 | ||
| TCOR | ||
| TCP | ||
| TDC | Tema Development Corporation | |
| TEDB | ||
| TEWU | ||
| TF | ||
| TMB | ||
| TOR | Tema Oil Refinery | |
| TRC | ||
| TSSP | ||
| TTI | Takoradi Technical Institute | |
| TUC | Trades Union Congress | |
| TVET | ||
| TVT | Trans-Volta Togoland |
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| UAC | United Africa Company | |
| UAF | UENR | |
| UDS | University for Development Studies | |
| UG | University of Ghana | |
| UGCC | ||
| UGFC | ||
| UGFCC | ||
| UGM | United Ghana Movement | |
| UGMRC | ||
| UNC | ||
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization | |
| UNIA | Universal Negro Improvement Association | |
| UNIFIL | United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon | |
| UNIGOV | ||
| UNP | ||
| UNTSO | United Nations Truce Supervision Organization | |
| UP | United Party | |
| UST | ||
| UTAG | University Teachers Association of Ghana | |
| UUY | ||
| UVC |
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| VAG | Veterans Association of Ghana | |
| VALCO | Volta Aluminium Company | |
| VBGC | ||
| VBRP | ||
| VLRDP | ||
| VORADEC | ||
| VORADEP | ||
| VRA | Volta River Authority | |
| VRCC | ||
| VRP | ||
| VSD | ||
| 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 | ||
| WASSCE | ||
| WASU | West African Students' Union | |
| WAYL | West African Youth League | |
| WDC | ||
| WREDEC |
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| YAG | ||
| YEN | Youth Employment Network | |
| YPM | ||
| YSG |
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