{"id":15969,"date":"2024-01-26T18:18:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T18:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15969"},"modified":"2024-01-26T18:18:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T18:18:44","slug":"president-dr-irfaan-ali-to-receive-global-africa-leadership-award-amid-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-dr-irfaan-ali-to-receive-global-africa-leadership-award-amid-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"President Dr. Irfaan Ali to Receive Global Africa Leadership Award Amid Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali is set to be conferred with the prestigious Global Africa Leadership Award in Accra, Ghana, for his &#8220;strong and transformational leadership&#8221; in Guyana since assuming office in August 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Africa Prosperity Network will present the award, commending President Ali for promoting unity, inclusivity, and shared prosperity under the banner of &#8216;One Guyana.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, members of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly in Guyana have protested the award, with some activists labeling the president as racist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, President Ali emphasized that he was not responsible for sending thousands of Afro-Guyanese from the sugar industry or those fired in region 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Samuel-President-Africa-Award-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He argued that significant investments continue to be made in all communities, including those where many Afro-Guyanese reside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Samuel-President-Africa-Award-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali expressed his commitment to creating a more united and peaceful country and stated that he will not be distracted by naysayers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award will be presented at the Africa Prosperity Champions Awards and Presidential Gala Dinner in Accra, Ghana, on January 26, 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali has also been invited to deliver the keynote address at the Ghana Presidential and Business Executives Dialogue on January 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali is set to be conferred with the prestigious Global Africa Leadership Award in Accra, Ghana, for his &#8220;strong and transformational leadership&#8221; in Guyana since assuming office&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15973,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15969\/revisions\/15973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}