{"id":1220321,"date":"2022-10-10T12:58:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T12:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/10\/mahama-honoured-with-global-leadership-award\/"},"modified":"2022-10-10T12:58:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T12:58:20","slug":"mahama-honoured-with-global-leadership-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/10\/mahama-honoured-with-global-leadership-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama honoured with Global Leadership Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mahama.jpg\" alt=\"Former President John Mahama (right) being presented with the award by Dr Dave Brat, Dean of the Liberty University School of Business\" class=\"data-control-id-830810 bd-imagestyles-16\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nFormer President John Mahama (right) being presented with the award by Dr Dave Brat, Dean of the Liberty University School of Business <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-editable-id=\"article-173812\">\n<h2>Former President John Dramani Mahama has been honoured by the Liberty University in Virginia in the United States of America (USA) with a Global Leadership and Economic Impact Award.<\/h2>\n<p>The award was to celebrate his efforts as president in advocating and achieving a consistent track record on economic development, women\u2019s participation in education and enhancing economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>The award was presented to Mr Mahama after he had delivered a keynote address at the Official Opening Dinner of the 2nd 500 CEO Summit which was held last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Dean of the Liberty University School of Business, Dr Dave Brat ,said Mr Mahama was chosen for the award because he successfully exhibited Christian leadership traits during his tenure. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Mahama was chosen for this award because he demonstrated all of the successful traits of Christian leadership under the greatest pressure and responsibility of governing and being the Chief Executive for a nation, Ghana,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Dr Brat further commended the former president for his immense contribution to the economy during his time in office. <\/p>\n<p>He said under Mr Mahama\u2019s presidential oversight, Ghana saw massive infrastructural development drive in all sectors of the economy, including education, health, ports and harbours, rail, oil and gas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Summit<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Liberty University, the world\u2019s largest Christian university, hosted over 600 chief executives, political leaders, athletes and faith leaders at the 2nd 500 CEO Summit. <\/p>\n<p>Former President Mahama and the Lt. Governor of Virginia, Winsome Earle-Sears, last Wednesday addressed a convocation of the student body. <\/p>\n<p>He then took part in an Africa Orientation panel and interacted with students from Africa. <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, he participated in a \u201cDoing Business with Africa\u201d panel together with the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge; Finance Minister of the DRC, Nicolas Kazadi Kadima Nzuji; former US Congressman, Ted Yoho; and the former Acting Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the United States Agency for International Development (US-AID), Max Primorac.<\/p>\n<p>Read also:\u00a0Former President Mahama&#8217;s address at 2022 Liberty Univ convocation [VIDEO]<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"e09050fc73eb1daca72d7f66-text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '771749920311523', {}, {agent: 'pljoomla'});\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script type=\"e09050fc73eb1daca72d7f66-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t  js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=342494502508165\";\n\t\t\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Mahama (right) being presented with the award by Dr Dave Brat, Dean of the Liberty University School of Business Former President John Dramani Mahama has been honoured by the Liberty University in Virginia in the United States of America (USA) with a Global Leadership and Economic Impact Award. 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