We are satisfied with patronage of Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park thus far – Edward Quao

The Acting Director of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Edward Quao, has expressed satisfaction at the level of patronage of the park on the first day of re-opening to the public.

He said, “so far so good. Lots of people have come in since morning both foreigners and locals and we are expecting more before the close of day. We are hopeful that it will generate a lot of revenue in the coming weeks.”

The redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park was commissioned by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, but it was temporarily closed on Friday, July 8 for preparation towards the commercial operation and reopened to the public on Tuesday, July 11.

Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday, in Accra, Mr Quao said, “We just reopened today, but patronage has been good, and we hope it will continue like this, so we can generate enough revenue for the development of the sector and the country at large.”

He said the Park would open from 0830 hours to 2300 hours every day. “The provisional tickets for visiting for non-Ghanaian varies between GHc 100.00 for adults, GHC60.00 for tertiary students and GHC30.00 for children. In the case of Ghanaians, it ranges from GHC25.00 for adults, GHC15.00 for tertiary students and GHC5.00 for senior high and junior high students and children.”

With regards to organising events at the park, Mr Quao said evening events for 100 people would cost between GHC3,000.00 and GHC5,000.00 cedis while day time events would cost between GHC2,000.00 to GHC3,000.00.

He commended government through the Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture for the support to revamp the park to attract the needed audience and revenue for the country.

Some visitors the GNA spoke to were excited about the facelift given to the park and commended the government for the initiative.

“The park for some time was in a very deplorable state and nobody was attracted to it. But now we are happy because we can come and learn more and have a better experience,” one person said.