The Agona Royal Family of Akim Adjobue in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region has leased a seven-acre stretch of land to the University of Cape Coast (UCC) for academic purposes.

The land, leased for 99 years, would be used by the School of Medical Sciences  and other schools within the College of Health and Allied Sciences at the UCC.

This came to light during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Agona Royal Family of Akim Adjobue and the University of Cape Coast.

The Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, and the Chief of Akim Adjobue Stool, Nana Owusu Akyenteng, endorsed the agreement on behalf of their respective institutions.

 Delegations from UCC and the Agona Royal Family of Akim Adjobue posed for the press after  after the signing of the MoU

At the signing ceremony, Nana Owusu Akyenteng thanked the University for the MoU.

He indicated the preparedness of the Stool to provide land at no cost to the University and support the University to put up a satellite campus.

Signing the agreement, Prof. Boampong expressed excitement over gesture and was hopeful that it would produce the desired results to advance the teaching, learning and research of the University.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC