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Ghana marks 67th Independence Day celebration today

By Vincent Ashitey
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Ghana is celebrating her 67th Independence Day today, March 6, 2024.

The national parade for the celebration will be held at the Youth Resource Centre at the Eastern Regional capital of Koforidua.

This year’s event is on the theme: "Our Democracy, Our Pride."

President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire  is the Special Guest of Honour.

Some 120 ambassadors and high commissioners from various countries, as well as Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament and the 275 Members of Parliament, will grace the occasion to be marked by a parade of security services, students, pupils and some groups and institutions.

In 2017, President Akufo Addo decided the independence celebration be held on rotational basis to open the regions to the world to boost the local economy.

Last year the Independence Day parade was held in  the Volta Region