Tears, confusion, and anger engulfed the campus of the Royal Nursing College at Tafo Nhyiaeso in the Ashanti Region today, as officials from the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), backed by CID officers, locked down the institution.
The sudden closure has left over 800 students, many of whom had just paid their academic fees, entirely stranded. According to GTEC Director-General Prof. Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, the college had been operating illegally since December 2021 without valid accreditation from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
The Fake UCC Affiliation
Adding fuel to the fire, the college had reportedly been advertising itself as a mentor institution affiliated with the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to lure in unsuspecting students. GTEC revealed that while a teach-out plan might be arranged with UCC for some older students, those admitted in 2024 and 2025 do not qualify for any automatic transfer because their admissions were entirely illegal.
"If these students graduate, their certificates will be completely fake and unrecognized by any hospital in the world," a GTEC official explained during the raid.
Arrests Made
The situation escalated when students began demanding immediate fee refunds. CID officers from the Ashanti Regional Police Command, who accompanied the GTEC task force, arrested the wife of the school’s director and several management members to assist with ongoing fraud investigations.
Students are currently appealing to the Ministry of Health to intervene and help them secure placements in accredited public nursing training colleges.
