GTEC orders UCC Vice-Chancellor to vacate position over retirement age

Ferdinand | EducationGhana | September 19 |GTEC orders UCC Vice-Chancellor to vacate position over retirement age

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has asked the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor Johnson Nyarko Boampong to procced on retirement, citing the compulsory retirement age of 60.

In a letter dated Friday, September 19, 2025, GTEC noted that Prof. Boampong has attained the retirement age of 60 years and his continued stay in office violates Article 199(1) of the 1992 Constitution, which stipulates that public officers must retire at age 60 unless otherwise provided.

“Sir, for your guidance Article 199 (l) stipulates that a public officer shall, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, retire from the public service on attaining the age of sixty years.

“The Office of the Vice-Chancellor, being an office established under Section 7(1) of the University of Cape Coast Act, 1992 (PNDCL 278), is a public office under the meaning and intendment of Article 199(1). Hence, anyone acting in the office of the Vice-Chancellor is presumptively mandated to proceed on compulsory retirement upon attaining 60 years,” the letter stated.

GTEC also referenced the University of Cape Coast Statutes (2016), which set the Vice-Chancellor’s tenure at an initial four years, renewable for an additional three years, provided the statutory retirement age is not exceeded.