{"id":200000,"date":"2016-03-18T17:22:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T17:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=200000"},"modified":"2016-03-18T17:22:30","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T17:22:30","slug":"mahama-gets-aberdeen-universitys-honorary-doctorate-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=200000","title":{"rendered":"Mahama gets Aberdeen University&#8217;s honorary doctorate [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Aberdeen, Scotland, has conferred an honorary degree of Doctors of Laws (LLD) on President John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-200009\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Maham-degree5.jpg\" alt=\"Maham degree5\" width=\"623\" height=\"407\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The convocation took place at the University\u2019s Kings College.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-200004\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mahama-degree1.jpg\" alt=\"Mahama degree1\" width=\"575\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President Mahama left Accra on Wednesday for Glasgow, where he met with the First Minister of Scotland, visited \u00a0the Scottish Parliament to observe the First Minister\u2019s Question Time, and addressed a meeting of Parliamentarians. He also met with leaders of Scotland\u2019s political parties.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-200005\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mahama-scot-degree.jpg\" alt=\"Mahama scot degree\" width=\"608\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He was accompanied by the First Lady, Lordina Dramani Mahama, Foreign Minister Hanna S. Tetteh (MP), Communications Minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, and the Education Minister Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-200007\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Maham-degree2.jpg\" alt=\"Maham degree2\" width=\"633\" height=\"407\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-200009\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Maham-degree5.jpg\" alt=\"Maham degree5\" width=\"623\" height=\"407\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President Mahama will be the second Ghanaian leader after former President Jerry John Rawlings to visit Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-200008\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Maham-degree3.jpg\" alt=\"Maham degree3\" width=\"626\" height=\"402\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-200005\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mahama-scot-degree.jpg\" alt=\"Mahama scot degree\" width=\"608\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The visit provides an opportunity for the two countries to strengthen political and economic relations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Aberdeen, Scotland, has conferred an honorary degree of Doctors of Laws (LLD) on President John Dramani Mahama. 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