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Kufuor to receive
an honorary doctorate degree
By Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Accra, Nov 10, Ghanadot - Former President John Agyekum Kufuor left Accra
Friday for Lagos at the start of a two-week overseas trip that
will take him to Spain, Italy, Kenya and Ethiopia.
At his first stop in Nigeria, former President Kufuor will be
given an honorary doctorate degree by the Bells University of
Technology in the state of Ota.
The award will be in recognition, for "good governance and
dedicated service to Africa", according to a statement issued by
Mr Frank Agyekum, Press Secretary to the former President.
It said conferring of the award will be preceded by a speech by
the eminent US statesman and former US Ambassador to the United
Nations, Mr Andrew Young.
Former President Kufuor would then move to Lagos to address the
Nigeria-British Association on West Africa's trade relations
with Britain as the guest speaker.
From Nigeria, former President Kufuor will travel to Madrid,
Spain, where he will be formally admitted as a member of the
prestigious Club de Madrid at their annual delegates'
conference.
The meeting of the 70-member Club de Madrid, seen as the largest
gathering of democratically-elected former heads of state and
governments, will discuss "The Political Dimensions of the World
Economic Crisis".
Former President Kufuor will speak on:"The Market, Regulatory
Frameworks and Democratic Governance."
In Rome, Italy, former President Kufuor will chair the second
summit of the Association of First Ladies of the Non-Aligned
Movement, currently headed by Mrs Suzanne Mubarak, First Lady of
Egypt.
From Rome he will travel to Kenya and then Ethiopia on
assignment for the United Nations World Food Programme as part
of measures to assess and advice on the food crisis currently
confronting those two countries.
Former President Kufuor will meet with the Prime Ministers of
both countries as well as interact with civil society and
farmers' organizations in the two countries before returning
home.
Ghanadot
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