National Honorary Awards-2023

An award ceremony was held on the 14 March to honor selected Ghanaians for their immense support towards the country during the times of COVID-19.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the awards ceremony held on Tuesday, March 14 to honour selected Ghanaians was a purely national event, devoid of partisan, ethnic or religious considerations.

I, as the President of the Republic, the Fount of Honour, act as the Head of State, and not as Head of Government, in the distribution of awards.

“I can happily say that I am not aware of the political sympathies or views of the overwhelming majority of today’s awardees. Their politics is of no moment to me, only their exploits in favour of Mother Ghana,” Mr Akufo-Addo said in a Facebook post after the event.

In addition to the COVID and ITLOS awardees, there exists a third category of a few individuals who deserve recognition for their outstanding work.

They are the late great philosopher, Prof. Johnson Kwame Wiredu, by common consent one of the outstanding philosophers of global repute of the modern age, who will be given a befitting posthumous award, Order of the Volta – Companion.

The rest are Ms. Margaret Sophia Darkwah, the first female Commissioner of Police

Prof. Akwasi Osei, former Chief Executive of the Mental Health Authority

Dr. Veronica Agartha Martinson, former Executive Director of the Cocoa Research Institute, Ghana.

It should be emphasized that the award ceremony being held today is a non-partisan national occasion that is free from any ethnic or religious affiliations. Its sole purpose is to acknowledge and appreciate the contributions made by the recipients towards the advancement, progress, and success of Ghana.