The Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K.
Bagbin has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 6th Annual Jacobs-Abbey Global Institute for Leadership Studies (JAGILS) Awards Night in Alexandria, Virginia.
This prestigious recognition, reserved for individuals who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and a lifelong commitment to excellence, highlights Bagbin's enduring impact on his community and beyond.
In his acceptance speech, Bagbin used the opportunity to emphasize the urgent need for a shift in how education is approached, urging educators, institutions, and families to focus on developing leadership in the next generation. "Education must extend beyond academic excellence," he remarked. "We need to cultivate empathy, integrity, and responsibility in our students, enabling them to emerge as visionary leaders who are capable of addressing societal challenges." Drawing from the examples of renowned Ghanaian leaders such as Kwame Nkrumah, Kofi Annan, Patrick Awuah, and Dr.