Exciting smiles, good clothes seemed the order of the day as each of the 245 award winners mounted the stage to be honoured by President J. A Kufuor at the colourful National Awards ceremony held last Thursday at the Accra International Conference Centre.

The award winners had distinguished themselves over the years in a broad spectrum of displines of national life.

Among those honoured were 19 players in showbiz.

The musicians were Kwabena Yamoah, J. A. Adofo, Asabea Cropper, Thomas Frimpong, Osei Kwabena Kufuor aka Obuor, Amy Newman, Ohemaa Mercy, Christiana Love, Elder Akwesi Mireku, Nii Ashitey, and Efua Dorkenoo.

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