A delegation from the Initiators of Change Foundation led by Most Reverend Dr Robert Aboagye–Mensah (Chairman of Board of Trustees) and comprising Rev. Dr. Nanayaa Owusu Prempeh (Trustee) and Mr. Kofi Gyan (Executive Director) on Friday Sept. 3 honoured Ghana’s foreign minister Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey with “Lifetime in a Portrait Award” as an Outstanding Foreign Affairs Minister of the Decade.
Honourable Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey thanked the Trustees and Management of the Initiators of Change Foundation for the award and noted that the recognition is a huge morale booster, for which she is very grateful.
The Honourable minister dedicated the award to her family and the staff of the Ministry, who have together been her bulwark and mainstay ever since she assumed office as the Minister for Foreign Affairs, nearly 5 years ago.
She Noted that public service is an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the improvement in the living standards of the citizenry and seized the occasion to thank H.E. the President for the privilege offered her to serve in Government.
Honourable Ayorkor Also paid glowing tribute to her predecessors, who equally, distinguished themselves in the role and whose work have served as a good foundation in advancing Ghana’s foreign policy objectives.
On the Impact made by the Initiators of Change Foundation, She Commended the Foundation for its initiatives, which promote social cohesion, patriotism, national unity and development. She used the occasion to Congratulate the Foundation for marking its ten (10) years anniversary in 2021 and wished the Trustees, Management as well as all its stakeholders many more happy anniversaries in the years to come.
She concluded by stating her avowed commitment to continue being of service to the Republic of Ghana and reiterated her thanks again to Initiators of Change Foundation for the award.
Source: John Awuni/Kessbenonline
