Ghana Leadership Awards 2020: Dr Osei Kwame, Dr Ofori Sarpong Honoured

Dr Osei Kwame Despite, CEO of Despite Group of Companies has received the Best Entrepreneur Award for 2020 from the Ghana Leadership Awards (GLA) 2020 (Organizers of the Awards program) held in Accra.

Dr Ernest Ofori Sarpong CEO of Special Investment Ltd also received Award as CEO of the Best Manufacturing company of the year.

The program was on the theme : "Celebrating Our Heroes in a Peaceful Ghana, One People Working Together."

The awards, according to the GLA, recognizes the leadership impact of individuals and organizations that have made outstanding differences to the social, business or educational landscapes, employment, innovation, poverty reduction philanthropic work, building nations and promoting peace locally and worldwide.

Some other Award recipients out of a total of 40 recipients of various categories of awards at the program include Hon Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs who is also the MP for Suame, Hon Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader and MP for Tamale South, Mr Arafat Sulemana Abdulai, CEO of Zongo Development Fund (ZoDF ) for being Best CEO for championing poverty alleviation and Job creation through the ZoDF, Hon Dr Otiko Afisah Djaba Former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection and Chairperson of Henry Djaba Foundation as well as Mr Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng CEO of Crime Check Foundation.

In his welcome address, Rev Prof Emmanuel Yaw Nash, President of the Ghana Leadership Awards Scheme commended the award recipients for their hard work and immense contribution towards the development of the country.

He also admonished the youth to refrain from acts of violence before, during and after the December 7 election.