Ghanaian musician, Kwame Nsiah-Apau popularly known as Okyeame Kwame, former Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah and other popular personalities have pledged to support John Agyekum Kuffuor (JAK) Foundation to raise GH¢80 million as an endowment fund.
The John A. Kufuor (JAK) Foundation last Wednesday launched a fundraising campaign dubbed ’80 for 80′, meaning 80 million Ghana cedis for 80 years to sustain the vision of the founder, Former President John Agyekum Kufour.
In raising that amount, the Rap Docta, the former Juventus player and other host of personalities have expressed their readiness to help raise money for the foundation.
Speaking at the launch, Mr Baffour Agyeman-Duah, the Chief Executive Officer of JAK Foundation said it is the vision of the Founder to establish a peaceful, well governed and economically sustainable society in Ghana and Africa through the campaign.
According to him, the Capital Campaign, which aims at raising GHC80 million, approximately $15 million, would use five million dollars to construct the Kufuor Centre for Leadership and Governance on the University of Ghana, Legon Campus.
The programmes of the Foundation include the Kufuor Scholars Programme; a transformational leadership training and mentoring of tertiary students, Kufuor Young Entrepreneurs Network; Kufuor Annual Awards and Kufuor Elections Observers Groups.
Former President Kufuor, on his part, said governance was important to ensuring inclusiveness adding that good leaders helped to achieve that.
He said the absence of effective leadership had resulted in ignorance, diseases and poverty in Africa adding; “Leadership doesn’t happen by chance but through nurturing”.
JAK Foundation has Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood, the Former Chief Justice and Mr Edward Doe Adjaho, the Former Speaker of Parliament, as patrons.
Activities would include fundraising dinner and gala night to be coordinated by Madam Claudia Lumor, a celebrity walk coordinated by Bola Ray, concert coordinated by Okyeame Kwame, soccer by Stephen Appiah and Kwesi Appiah and a non-denominational thanksgiving service.
The JAK Foundation started full operation in Ghana in 2011 with 11 countries as implementing partners.
They are Nigeria, Tanzania, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Togo, Mali, South Sudan, Niger and Uganda.
