[ 2016-11-14 ]

Akufo-Addo to receive Mother Teresa award for Social Justice
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New
Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will
be receiving the Mother Teresa Memorial
International Award for Social Justice at an event
in Mumbai, India, on Sunday, November 20, 2016.

In addition, the NPP flagbearer will deliver the
keynote address at the award event on the theme
“Combating Terror through Education and
Peace”.

Explaining the decision to choose Nana Akufo-Addo
to receive the award, Dr. Abraham Mathai,
President of the Foundation, “the manner in
which you (Akufo-Addo) sacrificed your
presidential ambitions by accepting to preserve
peace in the West African nation of Ghana, at a
time of high tension, thereby preventing civil war
is truly remarkable.”

Dr. Abraham Mathai further indicated that Nana
Akufo-Addo’s “statesman-like qualities have
truly distinguished you as the defender of
democracy which should be emulated far and
beyond.”

The conference is aimed at containing violent
extremism and radicalization among youths in India
and across nations who are vulnerable to radical
groups, in the emergence of extremist outfits
across the world.

According to the foundation, “the threat from
violent extremism is a global and generational
struggle and therefore we understand that the
menace of terrorism may be best fought by
education and peace. Society today needs peace,
tolerance and cohesion to peacefully coexist
together in harmony contrary to peddling
extremism, hate and xenophobia.”

The presence of the NPP flagbearer at the event,
according to Dr. Mathai, “the potential
candidate for president in the next elections in
the nation of Ghana will greatly enhance the
stature and profile of the International
Conference where you will give the keynote
address.”

The event will also posthumously honour Faaraz
Ayaaz Hossain, the brave Bangladeshi youth who was
killed in the Dhaka terror attack on July 1st 2016
for refusing to leave behind his friends who were
from other countries.

In attendance will be human rights activists,
prominent members of civil society, diplomats and
members of the Indian government.

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