President Akufo-Addo has been conferred with the Ghana Bar Associationβs inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award.
The conferment happened at the Annual Ghana Bar Association Conference inΒ KumasiΒ on Monday, September 9, 2024.
President Akufo-AddoΒ is the first to receive the high honour from the Ghana Bar Association.
Speaking at the ceremony, the President of the Ghana Bar Association,Β Yaw Acheampong Boafo, extolled the president for his contribution and service to the Association.
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π¨ICYMIπ¬ππ¨πΎββοΈπ: President Nana Akufo-Addo has been conferred with the Ghana Bar Associationβs inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award.
This makes him the first-ever recipient of this prestigious honor.
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Akufo-Addoβs journey in the GBA
Yaw Acheampong recounted President Akufo-Addoβs long associationΒ with the GBAΒ and his contributions to the association since his call to the bar in 1975.
He said:
β8th July 1975, William Addo-Danquah Akufo-Addo was enrolled on the roll of lawyers of the Republic of Ghana with bar number 1195. Subsequently, he was elected president of the Greater Accra Bar and became a member of the general council of the Ghana Bar Association.
βIn 1995, he filed to contest for the position of national president, but as he had become a politically exposed person, he graciously withdrew his nomination at the conference held in Kumasi.
βOn 7th January 2017, he was sworn into office as the 5th president of the fourth republic and became the first member of the General Council of the Bar to be elected and sworn into the high office of the Republic of Ghana.β
