Marchisio Boateng
The United Nations office in Ghana have finally broken their silence on the Kofi Annan Blueprint Global Excellence Awards organised by ‘Dr.’ Fordjuor.
An awards scheme which now has been known to be a fraud and has been trending this weekend was organised by a man known as Kwame Owusu Fordjour.
Mr. Fordjour targeted music acts, radio and tv presenters as well as some VIPs in the country with the aim of awarding them on their good works for the country.
The awards ceremony was held at the Alisa Hotel on 28th August, 2020.
Some notable people given the fake awards were Ghanaian rappers Sarkodie and D-Black, presenters Berla Mundi and Captain Smart, Nathaniel Attoh, Jonnie Hughes.
The United Nations have clearly stated the awards scheme has no links with the Kofi Annan Foundation or the United Nations as a whole.
UN’s full statement below:
The attention of the United Nations in Ghana has been drawn to news reports of an award purported to be associated with the United Nations and the Kofi Annan Foundation.
The United Nations in Ghana wishes to state categorically that the United Nations (neither in Ghana or anywhere else) has no affiliation with the Blueprint Global Challenge Awards, nor with the organisation (Blueprint Mission) or its personnel in any way, shape or form.
The UN advises that all genuine UN notices follow strict rules and procedures and are announced/published on UN websites. We advise the general public to access genuine information by visiting the relevant UN agencies’ websites or the UN Ghana website (https://ghana.un.org/en).
