NYUPED to honour 24 nominees
The Northern Youth for Peace and Development (NYUPED) will launch the 2016 edition of NYUPED National Achievers Award and durbar ceremony on Saturday, September 10, 2016, at the Tamale Jubilee Park.
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It is on the theme: “Saluting national icons whose social, political, economic and cultural achievements engender peace and development in the three northern regions.”
There will also be musical peace concert at the Tamale Sports Stadium later in the evening. NYUPED is a civil society organisation that believes in social equity, probity and accountability, empowering of vulnerable and marginalised people in society, and strong advocates for respect for fundamental human rights and freedoms of all persons, regardless of their tribe, tongue and social status.
The National Achievers Award was initiated by NYUPED in 2012 as one of the key objectives to honour patrons, individuals and corporate entities, who have excellently impacted society with social interventions and general contributions towards the uplift of the poor and underprivileged especially and more importantly the youth. It is also to signal to the deprived youth that in spite of their oblivious backgrounds, they can also fulfil their dreams.
24 nominees
In a statement, NYUPED said 24 nominees had been shortlisted for various awards.
They include Dr Ramchan Dudharam Mohinani, Executive Chairman, Mohinani Group of Companies; His Royal Highness Naa Mahamadu Abdulai, the Overlord of Bamvim Traditional Authority; Dakpema Naa Alhaji Mohammed Alhassan Dawuni, Overlord of Tamale Traditional Authority, Yoo Naa Mohama Abukari, Overlord of Savulugu Traditional Authority; Naa Seidu Braimah, Overlord of Gul Traditional Authority; and Kuro Kuri Buk’tia Limann III, Overlord of Gwollu Traditional Authority.
Others are His Royal Highness, Naa Robert Mosore, the Overlord of Tongo Traditional Authority; His Royal Highness Naa Paul N A Agoo, the Overlord of Zaare Traditional Authority; Dr Seidu Daanaa - Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture; Mr Sulemana Ibrahim, Director, Finance and Administration, Export Trade, Agricultural and Industrial Development Fund (EDAIF); Mrs Jemima Mamaa Oware, Ag Registrar General, Registrar General’s Department, and Hajia Fati Musah, Manageress, Agricultural Development Bank, Tamale Main Branch.
The rest include Alhaji Ziblim Yakubu, Chief Director, Ministry of Water Resources, Work and Housing; Sebastian Deh, Executive Director, Council for Technical and Vocation Education and Training (COTVET); Dr Benjamin Bewa-Nyog Kunbuor, Minister Defence; Madam Sylvia Asana Owu, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Shippers Authority; Mr Ernest Mawuli Agbesi, Managing Director, National Investment Bank; Mr Ibrahim Musah, 2015 National Best Farmer, Dormaa Ahenkro; Hon. Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, Member of Parliament, Tamale Central, and Mr Gariba Alex Amadu, General Manager in charge of Risk, National Investment Bank.
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Previous eminent recipients
Some of the previous eminent recipients were President John Dramani Mahama, former President John Agyekum Kufuor, Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Overlord of the Gonja Traditional Authority, Tutumba Bare Essa, the Overlord of the Mamprugu Traditional Authority, Naa Mahami, among others.