The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has conferred on President Akufo-Addo its Lifetime Award.
He is the first individual to have received the award by the GBA.
The award was conferred on him at the GBA’s annual general conference held in Kumasi on September 9, 2024.
President of the GBA, Mr. Yaw Acheampong Boafo, presented the award to the president, saying
“The Ghana Bar Association hereby confers on His Excellency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the first-ever recipient of the Ghana Bar Association Lifetime Award.”
He indicated that the award is in recognition of the president’s decades of service to the legal profession and his exceptional leadership in both law and governance.
“President Akufo-Addo, who was enrolled as a lawyer on July 8, 1975, with Bar number 1195, served in several key roles within the GBA.
“He was elected President of the Greater Accra Bar and became a member of the General Council of the Ghana Bar Association. In 1995, he filed to contest for the position of National President of the GBA but withdrew his nomination due to his political involvement at the time.”
“On January 7, 2017, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was sworn into office as the fifth President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, becoming the first member of the General Council of the Bar to be elected and sworn into the high office of President of the Republic.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana