Ghana celebrates its 66th Independence Day at Ho, the capital of the Volta Region, on March 6.
The event’s theme this year is “Our Unity, Our Strength, Our Purpose,” and President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau, the head of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will be a special guest of honor.
This is the first time the Volta Region is hosting the national independence parade, which honors the day Ghana formally weaned itself from British colonial rule. A large number of Ghanaians and foreign dignitaries are anticipated to attend the event in Ho.
The Ghanaian flag has been flown over the regional capital, and several businesses have draped their buildings in the country’s colors (red, yellow, and green) to mark the occasion. Both the Atimpoku-Ho road and the Ho township roads have received some improvements.
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In order to promote regional economic growth and open the regions to the outside world, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo declared in 2017 that the independence celebration would take place on a rotating basis.
After 83 years of British colonial rule, Ghana achieved independence on March 6, 1957, becoming the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to do so.
Osagyefo The first President of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, declared the country to be “free forever” from colonial rule, signaling a significant shift in its history.
