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Eleven students of the Pentecost University College (PUC) have taken the University to an Accra High Court for admitting them to pursue a four-year degree programme when it did not have the accreditation to run that course. The students are seeking GH�3,300,000 in general damages and GH�16,802 for each affected student in special damages. The university is said to have offered admission to the students in June 2010 to pursue a three-year degree programme leading to the award of a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Communications Studies. After the 11 learners had successfully completed the programme in October 2014, the Registrar of the PUC was said to have told the students that they could not graduate with their mates who pursued other programmes because the University of Ghana, Legon had not issued the PUC with an accreditation to run that programme. The affected students described the conduct of the authorities of the university as fraudulent, adding that the gesture had jeopardised their future, as well as occasioned serious financial damage to them. However, the vice rector and dean, Pentecost university college graduate school, Prof. Kwame Boasiako Omane-Antwi in a press conference apologized to the students for the unfortunate situation and insisted that the institution as well as the course is well accredited. �In respect of the news making rounds, we want to state, devoid of any equivocation that the Pentecost University College is duly accredited by the National Accreditation Board and fully affiliated to the University of Ghana and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The BA Communication programme is duly accredited by NAB reference Certificate No. NAB/PAC/000474 dated July 01, 2011� he said Read below the full statement I want to, on behalf of the Council, Management, Staff and Students of the Pentecost University College, welcome you to our Graduate School. The issues on the table, we wished would have been other than what the current one is. However, we are compelled to invite you at a very short notice to create opportunity for us to respond to some issues that have been making the rounds on your various platforms in respect of the fate of some eleven (11) students, who took a programme in BA Communication Studies and were due to be graduated at the end of the 2013/2014 Academic year. Ladies and Gentlemen, in respect of the news making rounds, we want to state, devoid of any equivocation that the Pentecost University College is duly accredited by the National Accreditation Board and fully affiliated to the University of Ghana and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The BA Communication programme is duly accredited by NAB reference Certificate No. NAB/PAC/000474 dated July 01, 2011. We have made copies of the Accreditation Certificates available for your perusal. There are a host of processes that affiliate Universities go through to obtain programme affiliation from mentor universities for the various courses run. This process was commenced in 2011 after receiving accreditation from NAB which is still ongoing and would be completed shortly. We at the Pentecost University College expected that the process would be completed in due time for our dear students to graduate with their colleagues, who recently graduated. Unfortunately, the process could not be completed on time. However, we are in constant touch with our mentor institution,University of Ghana,to complete the process soonest so that students can duly graduate. The graduation of students and the issuance of certificate to them from the University of Ghana is not in danger. We must admit that the development is unpleasant to our students, their parents and guardians as well as the various stakeholders of our University. Nonetheless, we should please appreciate the fact that programme affiliation process takes time to complete. It is not uncommon to meet such challenges in the affiliation process. We want to assure the general public that this issue is being addressed with all the seriousness it deserves and soon our students will be duly graduated as earlier stated. Let me take this opportunity to assure all herein gathered and the general public that the Pentecost University College will never take any action in respect of defrauding innocent members of the public. We remain committed to our core values and vision to empower our students to serve their generation and posterity with integrity and the fear of God. As a faith-based university enjoying the sponsorship, strong support and goodwill of the Church of Pentecost International, we have the duty and responsibility to protect the integrity and the good name of the Church of Pentecost. Accordingly, our actions are guided by the strong tenets of the Church and the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ. Once again, we would like to reiterate our position that Pentecost University College had the accreditation of National Accreditation Board to run Bachelor of Arts (BA) Communication programme. Truly, it is only the graduation of the students which has delayed by virtue of the non-completion of the programme affiliation and that graduation of the said students was not in question or in danger so the students have not lost the years of study and their money. This statement is issued to clarify the unfortunate misinformation on the status of BA Communication programme run in Pentecost University College. May the Lord our God approve our plans as a nation and bless our efforts, yes, bless our efforts, Amen (Psalm 90 v 17) Thank you. Signed: PROF. KWAME BOASIAKO OMANE-ANTWI VICE RECTOR & DEAN, PENTECOST UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GRADUATE SCHOOL