The redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park which costs about $3.5 million has been commissioned today July 4. 2023 by His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park is a monument of historic significance in Ghana. It was dedicated to the memory of the country’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. It also serves as the resting place for the remains of the first President and his wife, Fathia Nkrumah.
The Park is located on the coast of Accra, on the former British colonial Polo Grounds, where Dr. Kwame Nkrumah declared Ghana as an independent nation.
After many years of independence, the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park was built by the former Head of State, His Excellency the late Jerry John Rawlings in the year 1990 in honor of Ghana’s first President, and as part of preserving the nation’s heritage. The Park was opened to the public in 1992.
Since its establishment in 1992, visitors from all over the world numbering up to about 98,000 each year, come and pay homage to Ghana’s first President, and learn about his life, and legacies. The Park is one of the 10 most visited sites in Ghana.
Speaking at the commissioning of the redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, the daughter of Osargyefo Kwame Nkrumah, revealed that, president Akufo Addo consulted the family before the redevelopment.
Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo said the redevelopment will attract some 1 million domestic and international tourists.
Story by: Osei Akoto (Teacher Kojo) / Ahotoronline.com
