{"id":91831,"date":"2025-08-28T17:51:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=91831"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:51:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:51:25","slug":"video-welcome-greetings-on-nkrumah-park-signage-changed-to-oobak%c9%9b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=91831","title":{"rendered":"Video: Welcome greetings on Nkrumah Park signage changed to \u2018Oobak\u025b\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 46 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>A recent video available to myjoyonline.com indicates that the Akan and Ewe greetings on the welcome signage at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in Accra have been replaced with a Ga inscription.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) released a statement to announce that her office knew nothing about the supposed change.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A report filed by Adom TV journalist Okatakyie Adjei Sikapa on Thursday, 28th August 2025, at 3:26pm from the park confirms that the greetings \u2018Akwaaba\u2019 (Akan) and \u2018Woezor\u2019 (Ewe) had indeed been swapped with the Ga word \u2018Oobak\u025b\u2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756402697338970.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p>The report further noted that there was no other signage on the premises bearing the original Akan and Ewe inscriptions.<\/p>\n<p>When Joy FM\u2019s journalist Kofi Hayford called the Director of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park Collins Nunyonameh for clarity on the issue, he declined to speak.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, the GTA\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, Maame Efua Houadjeto, issued a press statement to address the rumours of the change circulating on various media platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to categorically state that at no point has the Ghana Tourism Authority ordered or approved the replacement of the culturally significant greetings \u2018Woezor\u2019 (in Ewe) and \u2018Akwaba\u2019 (in Akan) with \u2018Oobak\u025b\u2019,\u201d Mrs Houadjeto stated.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that the inscriptions remained unchanged and reflected Ghana\u2019s cultural diversity, stressing that any modification to the signage would require approval from the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and relevant agencies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She wrote that the GTA had no knowledge of the alleged changes and did not sanction any alteration, urging the public to disregard the misinformation and continue to support the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park as a national symbol.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy of this change stems from concerns raised by some members of the Ga community who argue that their language is unfairly excluded from signages on national infrastructure located on Ga land.<\/p>\n<p>The debate has also spread to Kotoka International Airport, where some campaigners are demanding that the inscription \u2018Akwaaba\u2019 be replaced with \u2018Oobak\u025b.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Images circulating online, believed to be AI-generated, show the airport\u2019s signage altered to reflect the Ga word.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n        <div class=\"booster-block booster-reactions-block\">\n            <div class=\"twp-reactions-icons\">\n                \n                <div class=\"twp-reacts-wrap\">\n                    <a react-data=\"be-react-1\" post-id=\"91831\" class=\"be-face-icons un-reacted\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/plugins\/booster-extension\/\/assets\/icon\/happy.svg\" alt=\"Happy\">\n                    <\/a>\n                    <div class=\"twp-reaction-title\">\n                        Happy                    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