Volta Hall of University of Ghana

Volta Hall of University of Ghana

Volta Hall is the only completely female Hall of Residence in the University. It started as the Fourth Hall in the 1959-60 academic year, on 16th November, 1960.
The University College Council, on the recommendation of the Hall Council, named it Volta Hall. The Hall consists of the main hall originally designed to accommodate 82 students, and an annex with an original capacity for accommodating 198 students, the occupation of which began in January 1966. The motto of the Hall, chosen during the Hall’s tenth anniversary celebrations, is in the Akan language and it is: Akokobere Nso Nyim Adekyee. This means that the secret or
knowledge of life and nature is a gift to women as it is to men.
The Hall has a governing Body which comprises all the Fellows assigned to it and those elected by the assigned Fellows. The government of the Hall rests with this body which delegates some of its powers to a Hall Council.
The Hall Council consists of ten members, including the Warden, the Deputy Warden, the Senior Tutor and the Bursar who are ex-officio members. The day-to-day administration of
the Hall is carried out by the Warden with the help of the Senior Tutor, who deals with all students’ affairs, and the Bursar.