Daasebre gets African scholarship award
The exploits of Daasebre Oti Boateng – The Omanhene of New Juaben Traditional Area – in academia, international civil service and cultural activism in Africa have been recognised with the conferment of the topmost award of Distinguished Fellow (DF) of the ‘Distinguished Scholars of Africa’, a body which boasts the cream of the African intelligentsia across the world.
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The Distinguished Scholars of Africa (Distinguished Fellows) is a non-profit organisation of the very best of African intellectual, business and cultural leadership with members and branches all over the world.
The award crowns a glowing historic tribute of the international exploits and recognition of Daasebre as an iconic cultural brand and an evolving institution of global excellence in academic and cultural leadership: a personality described as a prolific symbol of excellence in culture and education that is very rare in the African scholarship landscape.
The stream of international awards, the report noted, was gradually crystallising the charismatic personality of Daasebre as not only an African icon, but also an evolving institution that would inspire the younger generation to prize cultural identity in global excellence as the new paradigm of human resource development.
The citation further described as legendary, the pioneering role Daasebre played in the establishment of the All Nations University, which is gradually carving an enviable niche in the academic landscape in Africa and which together with the Akwantukese Festival would constitute a dual legacy to institutionalise the academic and cultural exploits of this towering genre in the history of New Juaben.
The citation further extolled his epoch-making leadership as the chancellor for laying a visionary leadership foundation to anchor All Nations University as a global centre of excellence in his indigenous traditional area with the historic space launch of the first miniature satellite (CANSAT) by an African university, south of the Sahara, in May 2013 at the university’s main campus in Koforidua.
A historic feat, the citation noted, that catapulted the university into pre-eminent national and international recognition including the conferment of Private University of the Year Award in Ghana in October 2013 and the receipt of the Best Regional University Award by the European Business Assembly in Oxford, United Kingdom, in December 2013.
Daasebre’s continuous campaign for the harmonisation of Ghanaian tradition with the best of the sciences, as well as his exemplary and inspiring leadership as the paramount chief of New Juaben, which had remarkably impacted the chieftaincy institution and contributed tremendously to its modern transformation, was equally acknowledged as a sterling footprint which would never escape the historic lens of Ghana’s chieftaincy leadership
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Daasebre, in his acceptance speech in appreciation of the honour bestowed on him, called for the adoption of an indigenous development paradigm that recognises indigenous expertise as the primary content of national development.
He noted that it was only local expertise that possesses a better appreciation of indigenous traditional knowledge, and the age-old internalised community support systems which were necessary prerequisites for sustainable development.