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Chief Justice
Wood, 77 others receive State Honours
Accra, July 6, GNA - Ghana's first female Chief
Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood, and 77 others
gained the recognition of the Order of the Star of
Ghana and its companion Order of the Volta and the
Grand medal awards respectively on Friday July 6,
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Chief Justice Wood together with
the Omanhene of Juaben Traditional Area, Nana Otuo Serebour
II and the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Paul Acquah,
received the Order of the Star of Ghana, the highest state
honour.
The other awards were in three categories, Order of the
Volta (Companion), Order of the Volta (Member) and the Grand
Medal.
The recipients cut across all
fields of human endeavour, including politics, education,
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Mrs. Georgina Wood and President Kufuor |
service, medicine, industry and
commerce, religion, social service, arts, music and sports.
President John Agyekum Kufuor, who was on hand to decorate
them with their honours, called for dedicated and selfless
service from all Ghanaians to enhance national productivity.
He said they should accept at all times, to strive to outdo
themselves.
"Like the Olympic medallist, we should seek to surpass
existing limits to set new records hitherto deemed
unattainable. This way, Africa, including Ghana, can excel
in the competition and thereby carve a dignified niche for
itself in the Global Village."
President Kufuor noted that inherent in the present world of
globalisation, were myriads of opportunities, which were not
restricted to Ghanaians or Africans alone but open to others
around the globe.
The ability to take full advantage of these opportunities,
he said, demanded best skills, self-application and
innovative thinking.
Public/private partnerships together with closer relations
between research and industry had also become part of the
new approaches to socio-economic development.
President Kufuor said Government would continue to
acknowledge those who excelled in their fields of endeavour
and expressed the hope this would inspire all to do their
best in the service to their communities and the nation.
Nana Otuo Serebour said it was their expectation that as a
nation "we shall continue to strive towards creating a
national environment that nurtures creativity, rewards risks
and encourages excellence".
It was their expectation that the noble intentions that
moved the Government to institutionalise the annual awards
ceremony would serve as a challenge to all Ghanaians to
pursue excellence, wherever they found themselves.
Among the winners were Professor F.O. Kwami, former Vice
Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology (KNUST), Dr Jones Ofori Atta, Economist and
Politician, Dr G.K. Agama, Banker, Mr Paul Victor Obeng,
Politician, Professor Akilagpa Sawyer, former Vice
Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon, the Reverend
Professor E. Addo-Obeng, Vice Chancellor, Cape Coast
University, Naa Professor J.S. Nabila, Traditional Ruler and
Educationist, and Mr Kwaku Owusu, alias "Kowus", an
Industrialist.
The others were Professor S. Ofosu Amaah, Medicine,
Professor Holdbrooke-Smith, Orthopaedic Specialist, Dr
Edward Atterh Narh, Physician Narh Beta Clinic, Ms Alice
Darkoa Asare, President of the Ghana Registered Nurses
Association, Mr Smart Y. A. Chigabatia, Civil Servants'
Association, Professor Atukwei Okai, Writer, Poet and
Educationist, Mr Freddie Blay, Politician, Mr K.S.P Juantuah,
Politician, Nana Kwame Ampadu, Musician and Ike Quartey,
Boxer.
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