{
  "id": 17414697,
  "title": "Mahama must apologise to Akufo-Addo over honorary doctorates – Nana Akomea",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/mahama-must-apologise-to-akufo-addo-over-honorary-doctorates-nana",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T13:58:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/mahama-must-apologise-to-akufo-addo-over-honorary-doctorates-nana-akomea/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nana Akomea, the Third National Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called on President John Dramani Mahama to apologize to his predecessor, former President Nana Akufo-Addo, for his remarks criticizing the awarding of honorary degrees to serving presidents. Akomea's recent Facebook post highlights his belief that Mahama's recent acceptance of an honorary doctorate from a Russian university contradicts his previous stance on the matter.\n\nRecalling past events, Akomea pointed out that when Akufo-Addo received honorary awards during his presidency, Mahama raised concerns about the appropriateness of such recognition for someone still in office. He alleged that Mahama argued Akufo-Addo should wait until after his presidency to receive such accolades, suggesting that the former president was leveraging his office's influence to secure these honors from various universities.\n\nHowever, Akomea acknowledged that Mahama, who has been in office for less than two years, has also received multiple honorary doctorates, including the most recent one from Russia. While expressing mixed emotions about this latest award, Akomea maintained that Mahama should extend a full apology to Akufo-Addo for his inconsistent position on honorary doctorates. Akomea emphasized the importance of maintaining integrity in this matter.",
  "summary": "The Third National Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea, has challenged President John Dramani Mahama to apologise to former President Nana Akufo-Addo for his past comments criticising the conferment of honorary degrees on serving presidents.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Starr FM",
        "title": "NDC must accept same scrutiny it demanded under Akufo-Addo – Afenyo-Markin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/ndc-must-accept-same-scrutiny-it-demanded-under-akufo-addo-afenyo",
        "published": "2026-10-30T19:47:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}