Duffour, Sarpong, Ayarkwa, Ogbordjor honoured
Genius Creative Media, in collaboration with Micjoy Advertising and the Africa Media Consult, a media consultancy based in Kumasi, has honoured some personalities for their contributions to the development of the country.
A former Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr Kwabena Duffour; former Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive (now the Central Regional Minister), Mr Samuel Sarpong; the Sekyere South District Chief Executive, Mr Edward Kusi Ayarkwa and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the First Class Hospital at Konongo, Dr Steve Ogbordjor, were honoured at a ceremony in Kumasi.
Speaking on the theme: “Giving Flower to the Living not the Dead,” the President of the African Media Consult, Michael Nana Ampong, noted that many times, society said good things about people and honoured them only when they were dead, a phenomenon he described as unfortunate.
He said it was necessary to honour people for their sterling performances when they were alive for others to emulate and not when they were dead. He, therefore, called for a reversal of the trend.
Nana Ampong said Dr Duffour, as Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and minister, contributed to the socio-economic development of the country.
He said as an entrepreneur, he had employed a number of people, particularly the Ghanaian youth through the establishment of banks, a radio station and other businesses in the country, saying his shining example must be acknowledged for society to learn from it.
For Mr Sarpong, he said when he was the KMA boss, he worked hard to win the support of his assembly members and initiated a number of projects in the Kumasi metropolis though the KMA chief executive position is the hottest seat of government in the Ashanti Region.
He said Mr Sarpong also undertook a decongestion exercise which led to the proper management of the metropolis and that his efforts needed to be acknowledged.
Nana Ampong said Mr Ayarkwa, as a DCE, had been accessible to the people and they had branded him a servant-leader for his down-to-earth qualities, a character usually uncommon among government officials.
His quest for national development, Nana Ampong said, had been exemplified in projects he had initiated across the district.
Nana Ampong said Dr Ogbordjor, a medical doctor, had instituted free extra and vacation classes for schoolchildren in the deprived community of Donkorkrom in the Afram Plains area.
He further said Dr Ogbordjor had also instituted scholarship packages for students in the Asante Akim Central municipal capital of Konongo to improve the standard of education in the area.
Nana Ampong said Dr Ogbordjor had also built a science laboratory for the Konongo MA Junior High and Primary schools and provided a library with contemporary books in the municipality.
Apart from that, he said Dr Ogbordjor had drilled two mechanised boreholes for the Konongo Zongo community to help reduce the problem of the perennial water shortage in some parts of Konongo.
He also owns a football academy where over 70 amateur footballers have been trained.
