Akufo Addo Cuts Sod For GHS5 million Ghana Award House

President Akufo Addo on the Wednesday 7th April 2021, cut the sod for the construction of of the GH¢ 5 million Ghana Award House, a new administrative building for the Head of State Award Scheme. Speaking at the sod cutting ceremony, President Akufo Addo explained that since its inception in the 1967, the Head of State Award Scheme has challenged and touched the lives of many

of young Ghanaians, with some 750,000 young people participating and benefitting from the Scheme. I have always been excited about the work being done by the Award Scheme, and that is why I continue to urge them to ensure that as many young Ghanaians as possible benefit from it and to achieve this ambitious target, a befitting administrative office for the Scheme will be

required. The provision of the Ghana Award House, to serve this purpose, is my commitment towards driving the agenda of the Award Scheme, the President said. Once completed, the Ghana Award House project will be a two storey office block, with a two hundred (200) capacity conference room, and training facility designed to house the National Secretariat of the Head of State

Award Scheme. It will be constructed at a cost of five million cedis (GH¢5 million), and it will also help drive growth, impact, and the effective and efficient delivery of the Award Scheme to all young people in Ghana and beyond. The President noted that the completion of the Ghana Award House project will put Ghana ahead of many of the countries running the Duke of Edinburgh’s

International Award and will mean that Ghana will be also the second country in Africa, after the Presidents’ Award of Kenya, and one of the few countries globally, to have its very administrative office also and He also announced that, in support of the operation of the Award Secretariat, its operational cost will be borne by the Office of the President, under the direct supervision

of the Chief of Staff. Vehicles are also to be allocated to the Secretariat for its use. In addition to the one million cedi contribution to this project, Government pledges to do what it can to ensure that the project is completed in the next thirty six (36) weeks, he added. The President Akufo Addo called on individuals, the corporate bodies, especially in the construction industry, to join hands and

bring this project to fruition, explaining that they can can donate the bags of cement, blocks and also other building materials in support of this project. Together, we can all help make this project a reality and i thank all who have contributed consistently towards the success of the Award Scheme. Now is not the time to rest on our oars, but to help realise the vision of an Award Scheme that is truly self-sustaining, the President added.