The President, Nana Akufo-Addo has embarked on a six-day working visit to France according to the a communique issued by the Presidency.
According to the press release, the president is expected to receive a honorary award on Monday which will be the third award since May 2016.
“President Akufo-Addo will on Monday, 10th October 2022, receive an Honorary Award of Doctor Honoris Causa from Sorbonne University in Paris. It will be the third Honorary Doctorate Degree to be conferred on him. It will be recalled that the first was an Honorary Doctor of Law Degree conferred on him in May 2016, from the celebrated Fort Hare University of South Africa; and the second, in December 2017, was an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from the University of Liberia.”
The President as part of his working visit will also address the executive board of UNESCO as well as the Asia Society Forum as part of his visit to the country.
“…..the President will address the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at its 215th Session.”
“Whilst in France, he will also address the Asia Society Forum on the theme, “To Act in Troubled Times: new perspectives from France, Asia, Africa and the world”, and commission the refurbished Chancery building of Ghana’s Embassy in Paris.” The statement added.
The President will return to Ghana on Friday, 14th October, 2020, and in his absence the Vice-President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, shall, in accordance with Article 60(8) of the constitution, act in his stead.
Source: theGhanaianvoice.com