Organised by the Young Professionals and Youth Coalition (YPYC), the award recognised the Energy Minister\u2019s position as \u201cone of Africa\u2019s Most Distinguished Role Models and Transformational Leaders in the corporate world, an elite listing of influential and inspiring leaders\u201d.<\/p>\n
The President of YPYC, Andy Osei Okrah, said the award recipients constituted the finest selection of the most outstanding personalities who have truly excelled as transformational leaders and role models impacting society.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe award winners are few and were carefully chosen on the back of several considerations\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are dexterous, tolerant, resolute and endowed with political far sightedness, a virtue not lost on your constituents and the public at large.<\/p>\n
A golden fish cannot be hidden\u201d portions of the citation presented to the Minister read.<\/p>\n
In a brief remark, Dr Prempeh expressed appreciation to God for the divine strength to serve his country diligently and to inspire young leaders.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am humbled by this recognition and wish that together we contribute our quota to make our country great and strong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
By the award, the minister, who is also Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, joins the league of past award recipients in the category such as former Presidents Rawlings, Kufuor and Mahama.<\/p>\n
The category also includes the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, distinguished academics and other dignitaries of society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has been conferred with the Overall Africa Role Model in Politics and Governance at 14th MTN Pulse Africa Role Model Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":30299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15],"tags":[7,26,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-30302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-politics","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-politics"},"yoast_head":"\n