Ghana marks 66th Independence Day celebration at Ho, V/R

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More than 5,000 people from across the country, including members of the diplomatic corps, the clergy, traditional rulers and other dignitaries are in the Municipality to participate in the event. In 2017, In 2017 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo decided the independence celebration be held on a rotational basis to open the regions to the world to boost the local economy.

This is the first time that the Volta Region is hosting the national independence parade, which commemorates the Day Ghana formally weaned itself from British colonial rule. A total of 22 contingents from the various security agencies and 12 from the various schools in the Volta Region took part in the parade and other performances.

The 66 Artillery Regiment in Ho is in charge of the march past. As of Saturday, March 4, 2023, many hotels in the Ho Municipality and the Adaklu District were reported to have been fully booked – with some even booked a week earlier. The regional capital has been decorated with the Ghana flag, with several offices also draping their buildings in Ghana colours (red, yellow, green) to mark the occasion. Ho township roads as well as the Atimpoku-Ho road have seen some facelifts.

On 6th March 1957, Ghana gained independence after 83 years of British colonial rule – becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to achieve independence from Britain.

The country’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah declared Ghana as “free forever” from colonial rule, marking a historic turning point in the governance of the country. Since that day, every March 6 is celebrated across the country and among Ghanaians abroad with various activities, some of which are observed throughout the month of March.

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GHANA TURNS 66 IN MARCH 2023!

Have we fulfilled our Dreams as an Independent Nation?

The 6th day of March marks the attainment of nationhood by our nation Ghana which we celebrate every year. It is here again! The day is a public holiday for the citizens of Ghana. If March 6 falls on a weekend, the following Monday is also observed as a holiday. Ghana Independence Day is also known as Ghana National Day.

The celebrations commemorate Ghana’s independence from the British colonial rule in 1957. The day is celebrated in public offices with various cultural activities, parades, and other events. Private Citizens celebrate the day with music and taste of Ghanaian dishes, and some may even hoist the national flag at home and abroad.

This year citizens of Ghana abroad celebrated the day at different locations to mark our great milestone: sixty-six (66) years of nationhood and nation-building in a special way.

This year Ghana’s 66th Independence Day Celebration was officially marked at Adaklu District in Ho, Volta Region of Ghana with parades and performances. It was launched with the theme: “Our Unity, Our Strength, Our Purpose“

Well, God has granted Ghanaians another year in our life as a nation. By Ghana’s public service provisions, Ghana as a nation is six years past the retirement age for which 60 years is the top of the maturity age when public servants in that country retire from active work, “go on pension”! In this regard, Ghana is matured and considered at pension age that we should have managed our affairs well, but we have not achieved much in our adult life so far.

Collectively though, we should all take responsibility for the problems we find ourselves in at this age of our nationhood. We have not developed as we should due to challenges we face in the area of governance such as nepotism. For example, some politicians and persons in leadership positions, push their family members and friends into areas they have less or no knowledge about which often leads to underperformance. There is also the issue of “Protocol”- order from above when there is a need for employment at any institutions.

Such unfortunate behaviours have affected the development of Ghana negatively.

Our Health and Education systems lack the physical facilities they need to make them more accessible to the population. Unfortunately, they are not the Government’s PRIORITY. Government officials when they are sick run to seek medical attention in overseas. WHY? Is it because they don’t believe in the systems themselves or the project money is been misused. Again is it because they don’t believe the Health care professionals?, This is very SAD situation indeed.

Corruption has become endemic in the Ghanaian society that it is being openly practiced at almost, if not all government