President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the weekend left Ghana for Paris, France, for a six-day working visit.
The President will today receive an Honorary Award of Doctor Honoris Causa from Sorbonne University in Paris. It will be the third Honorary Doctorate Degree to be conferred on him.
It will be recalled that the first was an Honorary Doctor of Law Degree conferred on him, in May 2016, from the celebrated Fort Hare University of South Africa. The second, in December 2017, was an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Liberia.
Prior to the receipt of the Honorary Doctorate from Sorbonne University, the President will address the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at its 215th Session.
Additionally, whilst in France, he will address the Asia Society Forum on the theme “To Act in Troubled Times: New perspectives from France, Asia, Africa and the world”. He will also commission the refurbished Chancery building of Ghana Embassy in Paris.
President Akufo-Addo was accompanied by the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey; the Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum; and some officials of the Presidency and Foreign Ministry.
The President is expected to return to Ghana on Friday October 14, 2020. In his absence, the Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia shall, in accordance with Article 60(8) of the constitution, act in his stead.
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