First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo
First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo yesterday celebrated her 69th birthday with several people taking to social media in particular to celebrate her.
The wife of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who was born on March 12, 1951, gives the impression of being younger than a woman who is a year shy of her platinum jubilee.
Her husband, the President, was the first to celebrate her when he posted on Facebook a picture of himself and Aunty Becky, as she is affectionately called, saying “Happy Birthday to my beautiful Rebecca.”
Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia also celebrated his boss’s wife on Facebook when he said, “I wish her Excellency Rebecca Akufo-Addo, First Lady of the Republic, a happy birthday.”
“Auntie Becky, may God grant you long life with good health to continue serving and impacting positively on mother Ghana,” he added.
The Rebecca Foundation formed by the First Lady also celebrated its founder for her selfless love exhibited even before she became the First Lady of the country.
Through her foundation which was formerly called Infanta Malaria, Mrs. Akufo-Addo has worked over the years to prevent the occurrence of malaria, especially among pregnant women and children across the country.
Becky Exploits
Since becoming First Lady, she has expanded the activities through the Rebecca Foundation to include projects for maternal and child health, literacy, skills development and women economic empowerment.
Institutions like the Komfo Anokye and Korle Bu teaching hospitals have benefitted from the Rebecca Foundation’s construction of neonatal wards and emergency units.
Several other health institutions have also received medical equipment and children ambulances to facilitate their work.
The Rebecca Foundation literacy project is also enabling thousands of children across the country to learn how to read while using reading as a means to learn new things.
School dropouts have also had the opportunity to learn a skill that will help them to be economically empowered through the ‘Terema initiative’.
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri