The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has been praised for her intervention in the repairs of some parts of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, which was in a state of disrepair earlier in the year.
It may be recalled that popular vlogger Goshers, in a video shared in May 2025, cited how the car park of the park had not been properly constructed, leading to the area being filled with potholes and muddy water.
Fast-forward to July, and the car park had been repaired, with the potholes being filled up and tarred.
The Executive Director of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Dr Collins Rawlings Nunyonameh, shared how, only a month into his tenure, he flagged the issue to local authorities.
“They could have fixed it permanently. But what they did was to cover it with chippings. As the cars returned, especially the large trucks and buses, they created small craters here and there and it got us into trouble with a lot of our visitors,” he recalled.
He credited the swift intervention of Gomashie, who was instrumental in pushing for the area to be fixed.
“I had to appeal to the AMA and she added her voice very strongly. In fact, she came here with the AMA mayor.
“The AMA freely give us their equipment, their workers, and we got this beautifully fixed,” Dr Nunyonameh said.
According to Dr Nunyonameh, the project marks the first phase of a broader initiative to elevate the Park into an “international‑class visitors’ place,”.
“The problem is not about having problems; the problem will be about our ability to respond,” he stressed.
He added that in the coming months, more visible improvements would materialise.
Located at the heart of Accra, the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park pays tribute to Ghana’s founding father, celebrated as “the African man of the millennium.”
The park and the museum were set up to honour Nkrumah’s legacy and enhance the visitor experience.
He said his outfit is committed to sustaining this momentum, ensuring that the site is befitting of one of Africa’s most important national monuments.
“This is Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park. This is about Kwame Nkrumah, the African man of the millennium. We need to keep his image and legacy up there, not trivialise it in any way,” he said.
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