The president’s wife, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, congratulated her husband on receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Sorbonne in Paris, France.
On Monday, October 10, 2022, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo received an honorary doctorate from the University of Sorbonne in Paris, France, one of the most esteemed institutions in Europe and the entire globe.
Sorbonne University conferred the award on President Akufo-Addo, in recognition of his commitment to entrenching the values of democracy in Ghana, fostering peace within the West African Region, guaranteeing access to a minimum of senior high school education for all of Ghana’s children through the implementation of the Free SHS policy, and also for the leadership shown in the fight against COVID-19, amongst others.
This is the fourth Honorary Doctorate Degree to be conferred on the President – the first being 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, being an honourary doctor of humane letters degree from the University of Liberia; and the third, in May 2021, from the University of Cape Coast.
The President was honored to accept the honor and was proud to join Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Pablo Picasso, Amartya Sen, and Kofi Annan in receiving honorary doctorates from Sorbonne University.
The President was honored to accept the honor and was proud to join Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Pablo Picasso, Amartya Sen, and Kofi Annan in receiving honorary doctorates from Sorbonne University.
