The Head of the Independence Anniversary Planning Committee, Mr. Laud Commey, has said about 1,500 accreditation’s have been issued to journalists to provide coverage of the event in Kumasi with the national broadcaster, the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), scheduled to telecast the event live.
It will be the first time the event will be hosted in the Garden City and the second outside Accra since the government introduced the rotational system to give each region a feel of the event.
The first one outside Accra was held in Tamale last year.
At the stadium where the event will be held, there is already heavy security presence, especially around the dais where the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo; his Special Guest, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Mr. Keith Christopher Rowley, and other dignitaries will sit.
About 2,000 very important personalities (VIPs) will flank the President on the dais.
The theme for this year’s celebration is: “The Impact of STEM education for girls in Ghana”.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
