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President Akufo-Addo gifted customized Real Madrid jersey on 77th birthday

The President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been gifted a customized Real Madrid jersey on the occasion of his 77th birthday. The respected President of the West African country is being celebrated in his country today as well as leaders around the world. Currently in Spain …

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Photo of Akufo-Addo as footballer pops up

An old photo of President Nana Akufo-Addo, which has popped up on his 77th birthday, confirms he is indeed a lover of football. The photo has revealed the First Gentleman was once a footballer in his school team in the 1960s. The photo captured young Akufo-Addo as the only black among …

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‘Tired’ 77-year-old Akufo-Addo ‘retiring’ people who are 18 years younger – Blakk Rasta

  “Seventy-seven-year-old President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo must be told that he is tired and must retire,” Blakk Rasta has said. “Who has more tired limbs than the sleeping President Nana Akufo-Addo? He is a president who sleeps unprovoked”, the radio personality told Kofi Oppong Asamoah on the Class Morning Show on …

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President Akufo-Addo is 77-years-old today

  Today, Monday, March 29, 2021; marks the 77th birthday of Ghana’s current President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Born in 1944 to Edward and Adeline Akufo-Addo in Accra, Nana Addo has for the major part of his life been a politician who has gone through Ghana’s political landscape as a Member …

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Akufo-Addo leaves for “Focus Africa 2023” conference in Spain

President Akufo-Addo has left Ghana for the “Focus Africa 2023” Conference in Madrid, Spain. The President left on Sunday, March 28, 2021. He is travelling with Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor-Botchwey. Focus Africa 2023, an in-person conference, defines Spanish foreign action in Africa until 2023, and forms part of the …

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John Mahama to call Akufo-Addo to finally concede defeat in 2020 elections

  Twenty-two days after the Supreme Court ruled that his political rival Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was the legitimate winner of the 2020 elections, John Dramani Mahama is now considering congratulating him. A report by pro-government radio station Asaase Radio which cites sources within the Functional Executive of the National Democratic Congress indicates that John Mahama …

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Bagbin wins as Akufo-Addo withdraws decision to cap Parliamentary budget

  The decision by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to insist on the removal of the capping of the budget of the legislature by the executive has paid off with the government forced to reverse its decision to slash the budget allocation of government. Bagbin, it would be recalled, had threatened …

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Akufo-Addo increases Parliament’s budget after Bagbin’s threat

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has increased the budgetary allocation for the parliamentary service and parliament by over 180 million cedis. The sudden u-turn by the presidency comes weeks after the Executive slashed the budget estimates of the legislature by over 190 million cedis. The move was met with a …

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FULL TEXT: President Akufo-Addo replies CSOs over Domelevo’s ‘forced’ retirement

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has issued a response to some concerns raised some Civil Society Organization over the sacking of Daniel Yao Domelevo as Auditor-General. The President in the justification of his actions purports that Domelevo became an Auditor-General because John Dramani Mahama lost the 2016 election. In the 21-page response signed …

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‘Akufo-Addo is 2nd best president ever, Mahama 4th’ – Ghanaian Soldier who fought in WWII

WO1 Joseph Ashitey Hammond, a Ghanaian soldier who fought in the Second World War, has said he has witnessed the performance of all the presidents that have come after Ghana’s independence and can therefore state on authority that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is the second-best president ever in the history of …

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