The celebration theme for 2023 is "Our Unity, Our Strength, Our Purpose." The Volta Region has been selected to host this year's National Independence Day celebration slated for March 6th 2023, at the 5,000-capacity Ho Youth Resource Centre (located at Adaklu Tsrefe), a government official has announced.
According to the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's vision of regional rotation in the celebration of the event, which hitherto had been centered in Accra.
Mr. Lord Commey, Director of Operations at the Presidency, led the National Celebration Planning Committee to Ho on Friday to interact with the Asogli Traditional Council and Volta Regional House of Chiefs to seek their audience and officially inform them about the intended celebration in the Volta Region.
The team with heads of security services and institutional heads later visited the Ho Youth Resources Center, the venue where the event would be held.
It also provided an opportunity for the national and local planning committees to engage and exchange ideas.
According to Mr. Commey noted that a successful event would sell the region to the world, which might lead to investors coming to invest in the region.
He urged all, especially the contractor, to work hard to put the venue in good shape.
He further assured that the government and all other government agencies would continue to provide the needed logistics for it to complete work on the Ho Youth Resources Center before March 6, 2023.
Togbe Tepre Hodo XII, Paramount Chief of Anfoega Traditional Area and President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, lauded President Akufo-Addo for the honor bestowed on the region.
On behalf of the chiefs and people of the Volta Region, he promised to lend their maximum support towards a very successful celebration.
However, He called on the planning committee to provide them with their plans so that they could also make input into them.
