The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Paul A. Acquah, has been awarded Central Bank Governor of the Year at the prestigious African Banker Awards 2008. A citation written by Omar Ben Yedder, chairman of the organizing committee of the African Banker Awards and Associate Group Publisher of IC Publications was read in honour of the governor at the awards ceremony. A BoG press release quoted the citation as stating: “Dr. Acquah was born in Juabo, a village in the Western Region of Ghana. A graduate of the University of Ghana and Yale University in Economics, Governor Acquah obtained a Ph.D at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and joined the IMF as a young economist. Rising through the ranks, he eventually became deputy director for the Africa Department in 1998. “The banking system in Ghana is undergoing rapid change and much of this is attributable to Dr Paul Acquah and his technocratic team at the bank. They have successfully re-denominated their currency. They have successfully iss...