The 2016 presidential candidate of the New
Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is set to receive 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+0 bw1av`c* 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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