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Albert Acquah

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I am unable to find sufficient coverage of this subject to meet WP:GNG. JTtheOG (talk) 02:31, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep – Albert Acquah meets the requirements of WP:GNG and WP:BIO.
He is the founder and chancellor of Garden City University College (GCUC), which in December 2024 was granted a Presidential Charter, making it an autonomous degree-awarding institution. This achievement was covered in multiple independent, reliable news outlets, including Graphic Online (https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/president-grants-charters-to-14-universities.html) and DailyGuide Network (https://dailyguidenetwork.com/gcu-presents-presidential-charter-to-asantehene/).
He has received independent coverage in national media about his personal advocacy. For example, MyJoyOnline (https://www.myjoyonline.com/support-private-universities-to-achieve-gross-enrollment-ratio-gcuc-founder-urges-government/) quotes and discusses his views on higher education policy.
Additional coverage includes DailyGuide Network (https://dailyguidenetwork.com/gcuc-wins-international-health-training-award/), which identifies him as founder and leader of the institution.
Taken together, these demonstrate significant coverage in multiple reliable, independent secondary sources, not limited to routine announcements. His notability is also reinforced by his role as founder and current chancellor of a university that has national recognition and now full autonomy.
Per WP:ORG and WP:ACADEMIC, the founder of a chartered university with national media coverage is notable.Sweetabena (talk) 09:31, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete See, I acknowledge the subject’s role as founder and chancellor of Garden City University College, but Wikipedia evaluates not who someone is but how notable they are as demonstrated through in-depth coverage. The majority of the cited sources primarily cover the institution, for example, the Presidential Charter award, and only mention Acquah in passing as the founder. This is routine coverage of an organization, not significant biographical coverage of the individual per WP:GNG. Sweetabena's argument was on institutional achievements, but those belong more appropriately in the article on GCUC itself. For the notability of a person, we require sustained, secondary coverage about the subject as an individual, not just the institution they lead. Independent profiles, analysis of his contributions, or detailed reporting on his personal career are largely absent. On balance, the sourcing shows that GCUC is notable, but Acquah himself does not yet meet the threshold for a standalone biography. I therefore agree with the JTtheOG that the subject fails WP:GNG/WP:BIO and recommend deletion. Cameremote (talk) 01:11, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep. Unfortunately the nom has applied the wrong criteria. As a Chancellor he is an academic, and as such falls under WP:NPROF. He automatically qualifies under WP:NPROF#C6, since there is agreement above that the university is notable.Ldm1954 (talk) 17:00, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Only if you consider GCUC a “major academic institution”. The only "agreement" came from the creator of the article. JTtheOG (talk) 18:02, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star Mississippi 16:04, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • weak keep: I suppose it's passing PROF as above, I know nothing about post-secondary education in Ghana to really say one way or another. Oaktree b (talk) 17:58, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Not sure it would be fair to call a school that only "transitioned... to a fully-fledged degree-awarding university" earlier this year a major academic institution. Combined with the lack of SIGCOV of Acquah, I think the case for notability is pretty poor. JTtheOG (talk) 20:50, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete I couldn't find enough secondary sources for him to qualify for WP:SIGCOV he also doesn't seem to pass WP:GNG Agnieszka653 (talk) 16:54, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Owen× ☎ 12:08, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep otherwise not notable except for WP:NPROF#C6. Ldm1954 is right. User:Bluethricecreamman (Talk·Contribs) 15:23, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
So literally any accredited university qualifies as a “major academic institution”? That can’t be right. JTtheOG (talk) 17:06, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
An institution with 6,000 students should be considered major, especially in a country like Ghana with more limited post-secondary education. Katzrockso (talk) 05:51, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]