President J.A. Kufuor Becomes the First Ghanaian Head of State to be Honoured with "Grand Order of the Star and Eagles of Ghana "

President John Agyekum Kufuor yesterday, defended the creation of the "Grand Order of the Star and Eagles of Ghana" to honour Ghanaian Heads of State, as a legitimate necessity. "I wish to observe that the law establishing the Award of national honours did not provide specifically for an Order for the Head of State, which is the highest office of the land."

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