Malawian president wins UN award

  1. Posted on Wednesday 24 September 2008 - 06:03
    Sam Banda Junior
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    Sam Banda Junior, AfricaNews reporter in Blantyre, Malawi
    This year's winner of the United Nations Global Creative Leadership Award is Malawi's President, Bingu Wa Mutharika. He was awarded for consistently addressing national issues with a goal of developing actionable solutions and new partnerships, according to The Daily Times on Tuesday.
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    Mutharika who also scooped another award for the first ever Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Network (Fanrpan) food security policy leadership award for reviving the country’s fertilizer subsidy programme recently, received his award in New York.

    The Malawian president who is attending the UN General Assembly said the award would act as a motivation for the Southern African country to double its efforts in serving its people. “My deep gratitude and appreciation goes to my fellow Malawians for giving me the opportunity and privilege to serve and lead them as their President for the past four years,” he asserted.

    Mutharika added that the ultimate beneficiaries of the award were the people in his country. He said that Malawi has risen from a failing nation to a nation on the rise, and that of achievers. Mutharika also observed that the Africa continent was rich in resources and that with fine leadership and policies it can move out of poverty.

    “Africa possesses 30 percent of the world’s mineral resources but the continent’s share of the world trade remains 1 percent of the total world trade,” he said.

    Other recipients of the Global Creative Leadership Award included Sir Paul Nurse, a scientist, who is also a Nobel Laureate; Professor Peter Sellars, a renowned art director, and Craig Barrett, a leading advocate for improving education in the US and around the world.

    According to the paper, Louise Blouin McBain is the founder and chairperson of the foundation that aims at encouraging leaders to address challenged and opportunities of globalization. McBain and the UN office coordinate the event.

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  1. Posted on Wednesday 24 September 2008 16:41
    Moise
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    Moses Musau
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    H.E Bingu Wa Mutharaka deserves this honory award. African needs home grown solutions to it's problems. this indeed show that we have the capability to come with solutions to this issues that need addressing. the dependancy syndrom should be highly discouraged.

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