President Akufo-Addo inaugurated the renovated Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in Accra on July 4, 2023.
To showcase the facility to the public, a musical concert called the ‘Re-ignition Concert’ is scheduled for July 7, 2023, featuring performances by Samini, Kofi Kinaata, the High School Band, and others.
The event, hosted by Merqury Quaye, will commence at 8 pm and is free of charge.
President Akufo-Addo stated that 6,000 frontline workers will be available to assist visitors at the memorial park.
The renovation was necessary as the park had not been refurbished since its opening in 1992, under the late Jerry John Rawlings.
In his address, the President highlighted that the park has not only been renovated but also modernized to honor Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President and a pivotal figure in the country’s independence.
“The Park now has facilities including a presidential library, receptive facility, mini-amphitheater, restaurant, freedom wall, and a digitalised payment and access system. The mausoleum has also been fully refurbished, with the tombstone upgraded, and the museum expanded with an audiovisual tunnel. There is also an upgraded VVIP lounge, expanded recreational area, a modernized gift shop, and a fountain area with synchronised audiovisuals, the first of its kind in West Africa,” he said.
The President continued, “The thirty million cedi (GH¢30million) modernised Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park is in line with plans by Government to make the Park one of the best tourism and heritage attractions in West Africa. As the outstanding pan-Africanist of his generation, the burial site of Dr. Nkrumah must be appropriate to his status and exceptional contribution to the liberation of Africa from colonialism and imperialism.”
The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, which attracted some ninety thousand visitors annually before the renovation, is now expected to attract over one million tourists annually.