The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, was awarded the Doctor of Humane Letters (HonD.HL) by the University of Professional Studies (UPS), on Tuesday, December 13, 2023.
Rebecca Akufo-Addo received the honorary doctorate together with Ghana’s first female Speaker of Parliament, Justice Adeline Bamford-Addo and the first female Chief Justice of the country, Justice Georgina Theodora Wood.
Leading figures in the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), including her husband, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, have taken to social media to celebrate the fate chalked by Rebecca Akufo-Addo.
Akufo-Addo, in a post shared on X, commended his wife for being the first First Lady to receive the Doctor of Humane Letters from UPS.
“On Tuesday, 12th December 2023, the University of Professional Studies, Accra, conferred an Honourary Doctorate Degree on my beautiful Rebecca, the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo.
“The University also conferred Honourary Degrees on Mrs Joyce Bamford Addo, our nation's first female Speaker of Parliament, and former Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, the first lady in our nation's history to occupy this position,” he said.
NPP stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, praised the First Lady for her humility.
“She is a course on “How To Be The Model Classy First Spouse”. Elegant, eloquent, not controversial, unblemished, loved, admired, respected, draped in integrity, pursues good causes and never ever throws her weight about. Beautiful Rebecca!” Gabby wrote on X.
View the posts shared to commend Rebecca Akufo-Addo on her honorary doctorate:
She is a course on “How To Be The Model Classy First Spouse”. Elegant, eloquent, not controversial, unblemished, loved, admired, respected, draped in integrity, pursues good causes and never ever throws her weight about. Beautiful Rebecca! pic.twitter.com/HoIn5Re2Sk
— Gabby Otchere-Darko (@GabbyDarko) December 12, 2023
On Tuesday, 12th December 2023, the University of Professional Studies, Accra, conferred an Honourary Doctorate Degree on my beautiful Rebecca, the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo.
— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) December 12, 2023
The University also conferred Honourary Degrees on Mrs Joyce Bamford Addo, our nation's first… pic.twitter.com/CgedKv6Vvz
Congratulations to our First Lady, ‘Maa Becky’, H.E. @RAkufoAddo. #Afa pic.twitter.com/Rz49RvJlpi
— Kofi Ofosu Nkansah (@KOfosuNkansah) December 12, 2023
Warmest congratulations to HE Her Excellency Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo @RAkufoAddo the First Lady of the Republic of Ghana ???????? for receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters (HonD.HL) from the University of Professional Studies, Accra this Tuesday. Ayekooo ! pic.twitter.com/vs5BdWdwHH
— imane ouaadil (@ImaneOuaadil) December 12, 2023
First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo expresses her desire for Ghana to have a female President in the near future. pic.twitter.com/25J6Y1uTvd
— SIKAOFFICIAL???? (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) December 13, 2023
Did you also know that Rebecca Akufo-Addo is the daughter of former speaker of parliament Judge Jacob Hackenburg Griffiths-Randolph and that Akufo-Addo purposefully married her because she’s more educated and well refined enough to be the First Lady? pic.twitter.com/cCRQmwANU0
— TheTrue Majesty ????⚾???? (@Majesty1jr) December 13, 2023
H. E. @RAkufoAddo, congratulations! ???? pic.twitter.com/KcxNFdi2YS
— ???????????????????????? ???????????????????? ???????????????????????????? (@Sambryanbuabeng) December 12, 2023
Honorary Doctorate conferred on 1st Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo by UPSA.
— Dr Okoe Boye (@OkoeBoye) December 13, 2023
H.E DR. REBECCA AKUFO-ADDO; forever kind, beautiful and caring. pic.twitter.com/cT8gu5Cw26
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