DAILY GRAPHIC, Monday, April 17, 2012, Pg. 20. Veep, 16 others receive awards



Some the awardees with the Minister of Information, Mr Fritz Baffour (3rd right)

 Story: Mary Ankrah

THE Vice-President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, and 16 others have been honoured for upholding honesty, integrity and accountability in their various fields of endeavour.

The 16 others who were honoured at the 5th West African International Governance and Leadership (WAIGL) Dinner and Awards 2012 were the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro; Mr Emmanuel Botchwey of Regimanuel Gray Limited; the Minister of Defence and former Commander of the Ghana Armed Forces, Lt Gen Joseph Henry Smith Retd); Mr Maxwell Kojo Atta-Krah, the Managing Director of the Produce Buying Company Limited, and Dr Aminu Ladan Sharehu, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Teachers Institute, Kaduna, Nigeria.

Others were Mr John Emmanuel Donkor, the Founder and President of the Jayee University College; Mr Peter Issaka Azuma, the Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority; Apostle Cyril U.O. Ajagu, a businessman; Dr Paul Kofi Fynn, the Founder and Chancellor of the Wisconsin International University College; Bishop Augustine Annor Yeboah, the Founder of the Christian Praise International Church, and Dr Kwaku Frimpong, the CEO of Champion Divine Clinic.

The rest were Dr Theresa Oppong-Beeko, the Founder of Manet Housing Limited; Mr Enoch Lamptey-Mills, the Founder and Director of the Great Lamptey-Mills Institute; Dr Emmanuel Kofi Mbiah, the Executive Director of the Ghana Shippers Authority; Noble Tobi Okoli, a Nigerian businessman, and Mr Joseph Kobina Essibu, the Founder and CEO of Ideal College.

Receiving the award on behalf of the Vice-President, the Minister of Information, Mr Fritz Baffour, congratulated the awardees and said their achievement was a good signal for others to follow to achieve the best for Ghana and West Africa.

Speaking at the ceremony, the CEO and Editor of the West Africa International Magazine (WAIM), Dr Dee Otibu-Asare, observed that Africa was ravaged by corruption, greed and selfishness and those vices had collectively jettisoned some of the cherished ideals and dreams of the founding fathers of the sub-region.