President Akufo-Addo said this when he launched the 2018 edition of the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Forum which is on the theme “Shaping Our Future; Shaping Our World at the Flagstaff House in Accra today, Thursday, March 29, 2018. President Akufo-Addo, who launched the event on the occasion of his birthday, said the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award scheme had been in place since his father’s (the late Edward Akufo-Addo) time as Prime Minister of the country and had now come to be known as the Head of State’s Award in Ghana. The programmes under the scheme, according to the President Akufo-Addo, were tailored towards instilling the virtues of discipline, civil responsibility and obligations of leadership among the youth. It was the position of President Akufo-Addo that opportunities for communal involvement could further enhance character formation and development and that was what the awards scheme offered. A fellow of the awards scheme, Mr Albert Essien, stressed the need for Ghanaian business persons to come onboard and help promote the education of the Ghanaian youth.

Source: GhanaWeb March 30, 2018 09:22 UTC