Award to honour contributors to national devt launched
An eminent Ghanaian jurist has entreated institutions to honour leaders and personalities who have contributed immensely to the development of the country. Justice V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe, a former Justice of the Supreme Court, said this at the launch of the maiden edition of the Society Transformation Challenge Awards ceremony which was held in Accra last Friday.
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The award scheme, which is under the auspices of Global Family Care, is slated for next year and it is to award personalities in the various sectors in the country for their contributions to national development.
Speaking on the theme, “Enhancing the wellbeing of the Ghanaian Society in the 21st Century,” Justice Crabbe indicated that rewarding such personalities would encourage them to give their quota to spearhead the aspirations of the government and society.
He said introducing such an initiative in this country would help people by encouraging them to provide societal changes in the country.
Addressing the media after the launch, the former Justice indicated that the Ghanaian society was fast breaking down because the citizenry were adopting the traditions of the western world and forgoing the heritage of the nation.
“We are fast losing our self-respect because we are copying blindly from the western world. The things we see outside there were achieved by some determined personalities, and we as Ghanaians must take cue from it and develop our own country,” he added.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic, a board member of Global Family Care International, Mr Kuku Dsane, said the subsequent award schemes would be expanded to include Ghanaians living abroad who were working to raise the image of the country and the continent.
He said a committee would be put in place to help define the categories and select the awardees through an electronic system.
