{"id":460882,"date":"2018-02-02T17:30:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/02\/prempeh-excellent-choice-for-cdd-ghana-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2018-02-02T17:30:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T17:30:21","slug":"prempeh-excellent-choice-for-cdd-ghana-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/02\/prempeh-excellent-choice-for-cdd-ghana-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Prempeh \u2018excellent choice\u2019 for CDD-Ghana \u2013 Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday,  2 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/63237615.295.jpg\" alt=\"New CDD Ghana Director Kwasi Prempeh\" title=\"New CDD Ghana Director Kwasi Prempeh\" width=\"295\" height=\"296\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Henry Kwasi Prempeh is now the Executive Director of CDD-Ghana<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517592621_147_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh on his appointment as the new Executive Director of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana).<\/p>\n<p>Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh was appointed to his new role by the board of CDD-Ghana following the retirement of the Center\u2019s founding Executive Director, Professor E. Gyimah-Boadi.<\/p>\n<p>His appointment took effect from February 1, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Akufo-Addo described Prof Prempeh as an \u201cexcellent choice\u201d for the role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI congratulate warmly Prof. H Kwesi Prempeh, on his appointment as Executive Director of CDD. He is an excellent choice, and I\u2019m hopeful that, under his leadership, CDD will move to the next level,\u201d Nana Akufo-Addo tweeted on Friday, 2 February 2018, adding that \u201cHis predecessor, Prof. Gyimah Boadi is to be commended for his years of service to Ghana, a period within which CDD became one of the foremost and respected Civil Society Organisations in the country. He has earned a well-deserved retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Prempeh has a wealth of experience gained from a rich and diverse career as a civil society activist, an academic, a lawyer, a corporate manager, a consultant and a policy adviser.<\/p>\n<p>He has been a member of the CDD-Ghana board since the Center was founded and served as its first director of legal policy and governance and co-editor of its quarterly Democracy Watch from 2001 to 2003.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">I congratulate warmly Prof. H Kwesi Prempeh, on his appointment as Executive Director of CDD. He is an excellent choice, and I\u2019m hopeful that, under his leadership, CDD will move to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAkufoAddo\/status\/959340822394220544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">His predecessor, Prof. Gyimah Boadi is to be commended for his years of service to Ghana, a period within which CDD became one of the foremost and respected Civil Society Organisations in the country. He has earned a well-deserved retirement.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAkufoAddo\/status\/959340825917513729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<!-- uploaded by: 39 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Friday, 2 February 2018 Source: classfmonline.com 2018-02-02 Henry Kwasi Prempeh is now the Executive Director of CDD-Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh on his appointment as the new Executive Director of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana). 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