On December 30, 2024, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo honoured individuals for their outstanding contributions to Ghana’s development across various sectors at the 2024 National Honours and Awards ceremony in Accra.

Below is a full list of persons who were awarded at the 2024 Ghana National Awards ceremony.

Presidential Honours for Distinguished Service Organisation


  • Ghana Armed Forces

  • Ghana Prisons Service

  • United Nations Development Programme

  • Ghana Police Service

  • China-Africa Development Fund

  • International Organisation for Migration
Order the Star of Ghana – Officer Awardee

  • Dr Mahamudu Bawumia
Order of the Star of Ghana – Member Awardees

  • Professor Ato Essuman (Education/Public Service)

  • Nana Susubribi Krobea Asante-Traditional Leadership/Public Service

  • Marcus Garvey (Post Humus Pan-Africanism

  • Justice Anin Yeboah (Judiciary- Public Service)

  • Lawyer Sam Okudzeto (Law/ Public Service)

  • Hon. Akosua Frema-Opare (Public Service)

  • Dr Ernest Kwamina Addison (Financial/Public Service)
Order of the Volta – Champion of Awardees

  • Amb. Mercy Yvonne Debrah-Karikari (Public Service/ Cabinet)

  • Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu (Public Service)

  • Ibrahim Magassa (Public Service/Finance)
Order of the Volta -Officer Awardees

  • DCOP (Rtd) David Senanu Eklu (Public Service)

  • Prof Dr. Ing Henry Nii Adziri Wellington (Architecture/ Education/Public Service)

  • Rev Prof Gilbert Ansre (Religion/Publishing)

  • Dominic Nitiwul (Public Service)

  • Dr Joseph Kojo Tambil (Health)

  • Prof E.H.K. Akaho (Science/ Technology)

  • Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto (Public Service)

  • Ambrose Dery (Public Service)

  • Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh (Public Service)

  • Kwaku Ofori Asiamah (Public Service)

  • Kwasi Amoako-Atta (Public Service)

  • Mavis Hawa Koomson (Public Service)

  • Ignatius Baffour Awuah (Public Service)

  • Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (Public Service)

  • Dr Kwaku Afriyie (Public Service)
Order of the Volta – Member Awardees

  • Nana Kwasi Agyeman-Dwamena (Public Service)

  • Dr James Orleans-Lindsay (Real Estate/ Construction)

  • Eric Ebo Acquah (Real Estate/Landscaping)

  • Pharm. Dr. Kofi Nsiah Poku (Business/Health)

  • Dr Partrick Bampoh Owiredu (Health/ Public Service)

  • Prof Paul Kwame Nyame (Health/ Public Service)

  • Bright Appiah (Civil Service/ Child Advocacy)

  • Dr Richard Kwadwo Odor (Health/ Public Service)

  • Erastus Asare Donkor (Media/ Journalism)

  • Mercy Naa Aforwa Needjan (Market Development)

  • Herbert A. Mensah (Sports Development)

  • Kwesi A. Busia (Transportation/Innovation)

  • Godfred Yeboah Dame (Public Service)

  • Dr Bryan Acheampong (Public Service)

  • Joe Osei Wusu (Public Service)

  • Samuel Abu Jinapor (Public Service)

  • Brig. Gen Emmanuel Okyere (Public Service)

  • Mrs Magaret Anane-Agyei (Education/Counselor)

  • Salma Salifu (Creative/ Fashion)

  • Yaw Debra Ofori (Education/Advocacy)

  • Dr Janet Ampadu Fofie (Public Service)

  • Dr Mohammed Amin Adam (Public Service)

  • John Peter Amewu (Public Service)

  • Francis Asenso Boakye (Public Service)

  • Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum (Public Service)

  • Edward Asomani (Public Service)

Grand Medal Awardees

  • Marima Mahama (Education)

  • Philippa Larsen (Education)

  • Ayishetu Adam (Sports)

  • Dr (Med) Fareeda Adusei Wilson (Health/Public Service)

  • Mawunyo Kuma Yakor-Dajbah (Advocacy)

  • Davies Narh Korboe (Public Service)

  • Hajia Katumi Natogmah Attah (Education)

  • Albert K. Frimpong (Sports)

  • Dr Paul Kofi Fynn (Media/ Media Education)

  • Dr Nick Danso Abiam Adjei (Business/ Entrepreneurship)

  • Dr Jemina Araba Dennis-Antwi (Health)

  • Dr Evans Agbeme Dzikum (Public Service)

  • DCFO Alhaji Richard Nuhu Gibril (Rtd) (Security Service)

  • Charles Kwadwo Fosu (Daddy Lumba (Creative Arts)

  • Dr Edwin Alfred Nii Obodai Provencal (Public Service)

  • Dr Richard Ampofo (Public Service)

  • Elsie Addo Awadzi (Financial/ Public Service)

  • Dr Mustapha Hamid (Public Service)

  • Emmanuel Adumua Bossman (Public Service)

  • Gyedu Blay Ambolley (Creative Arts)

  • Alice Ofori-Atta (Public Service)

  • Ekow Hackman (Public Service)

  • Dr Maxwell Opoku-Afari Financial/ Public Service)

  • Capt. Edmund Kojo Koda (Public Service)

  • Mrs Irene Naa Torshie Addo-Lartey (Local Governance/ Public Service)

Juliet Yaa Asantewaa Asante (Creative Arts)