The Africa Centre for Integrity and Development (ACID), an Africa-based anti-corruption and Good Governance Advocacy Civil Society Organisation, has presented an award to Mr John Kumah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Entrepreneurship Innovation Programme (NEIP), as the Most Outstanding Integrity CEO of Ghana.
In a citation accompanying the award, ACID said: “It has carefully observed the NEIP CEO’s performance and conduct as the CEO of NEIP, and has unanimously approved that he receives ACID-AFRICA’s most prestigious and maiden annual integrity excellence award, (public service sector), as a reward for his proactive and good corporate governance acumen.
The citation also said the award was being presented to the NEIP CEO for his business-oriented leadership, hard, honest, and dedicated work that have got several thousands of Ghanaians trained as entrepreneurs to impact the various sectors of Ghana’s economy with great effect.
“We have followed with keen interest your managerial acumen that has articulated the NEIP-Presidential Business Support Programme into a huge success story, offering nineteen thousand (19,000) Ghanaian start-ups and small businesses an opportunity for funding to support their businesses.”
The citation of honour also stated that John Kumah had created business avenues in the areas of technical support and training, mentorship, business advisory services and a well-structured incubation and accelerated business growth programmes through the existing private incubation hubs across the country.
The ACID commended Lawyer John Kumah for providing selected businesses with seed capital and digital access to an online marketing platforms to enable them showcase their goods and services globally
The group also commended the NEIP CEO for his proactive efforts and diplomacy to link Ghanaian businesses to foreign investments and partnerships, through the organisation of his proposed global entrepreneurship summit in Ghana.
“Your commitment to national property, your tenacity of purpose, your integrity and unquenchable desire to see Ghana transformed into an economic super-power in the sub-region, warrant an award and a celebration of your great exploits,” ACID stated in its citation of honour.
In another development, John Kumah has also been recognised by the Voiceless Media and Consult for deepening the culture of entrepreneurship among the youth of Ghana at a brief ceremony in Accra.
Presenting a certificate of honour and Personal Accident Insurance Cover of up to GH¢40,000 for a year from the Best Assurance Company to the NEIP CEO, Chief Akilu Sayibu of Voiceless Media praised the Business Development Ministry and NEIP for their entrepreneurial support to the youth, who, hitherto, would have been unemployed to the detriment of the country.
According to a research by Voiceless Media and Consult, the NEIP, under Lawyer John Kumah, has trained about 19,000 start-ups in Ghana within two years, and funded about 4,350 of them with capital, ranging from GH¢10,000 to GH¢100,000, to not only start their own businesses, but also offer employment for others through the establishment and operation of their businesses.
Chief Akilu Sayibu, during the presentation said his monitors and researchers had discovered that under Lawyer John Kumah, the NEIP has facilitated the setting up of one of the biggest greenhouse estates in West Africa at Dawhenya in the Greater Accra Region.
This, according to Voiceless Media, was most commendable and deserved recognition.
Receiving the honour, Lawyer John Kumah, who is also an aspiring parliamentary candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Ejisu Constituency, thanked ACID and Voiceless Media for the honour done him, and said he was dedicating the awards to all staff at the NEIP, explaining that the recognition was for all of them for their hard work, and not for him alone.
He disclosed that the recognition accorded them would inspire them to do even more for the NEIP.
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