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Dr.Bawumia to grace 46th MTN SWAG Awards

Ghana’s Vice President, AlhajiDrMahamuduBawumia, will be the distinguished Guest of Honor at the 46th Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Awards Night to be held in Accra.

The MTN SWAG Awards, scheduled for Friday, December 17, 2021, at the Accra International Conference Center (AICC), would attract the finest in Ghana sports as well as corporate bodies who believe in the promotion and development of sports.

A statement from SWAG said the Awards has been graced by sitting presidents and great personalities like President J. A Kufuor, the late President John Evans Atta Mill, President Nana AddoDanquahAkufoAddo, the AsanteheneOtumfuɔOsei Tutu II, the OkyeheneOsagyefoAmoatiaOforipayin, the DormaaheneOsagyefoOseadeɛyoAgyeman Badu II, TogbeAdadeXIV of the Asogli State, and many others and this years would not be an exception.

It said Dr.Bawumia will be joined by the Ga Mantse, NiiTackieTeikoTsuru II, patrons of SWAG, and distinguished guests including the Minister of Youth and Sports, the Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), executives of the Ghana Olympic and Paralympic Committee, sports federation heads and sportswriters/presenters to celebrate sporting excellence.

The event will be held under the theme; “Ghana Sports in the post-Covid-19 era; a business approach”.

The MTN-SWAG Awards is the longest-running sports event in Ghana and will confer honours on about 30 sportsmen and sportswomen, as well as corporate institutions for their roles in the development and promotion of sports in Ghana.

As a novelty, this year’s SWAG Awards will also honour the best Sports Journalist in the country. –SWAG

BY TIMES SPORTS REPORTER

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