President Akufo-Addo has accepted the decision by the Council of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to confer on him an honorary degree of Doctorate of Philosophy in Educational Leadership.

The President's acceptance of the Honorary Doctorate Degree was contained in a letter signed by the Secretary to Cabinet, Mercy Dapaah-Karikari for the President's Secretary, dated May 17 and addressed to the Minister of Education.

The conferment has been scheduled for Saturday, May 29 at a special congregation on the Campus of the University of Cape Coast at 10:00am.

The Presidency, accordingly, requested a programme outline for the congregation for consideration.