A recent video available to myjoyonline.com shows 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.
This comes after the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) released a statement to announce that the office knew nothing about the supposed change.
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 ‘Akwaaba’ (Akan) and ‘Woezor’ (Ewe) had indeed been swapped with the Ga word ‘Oobakɛ’.
The report further indicates that there was no other signage on the premises bearing the original Akan and Ewe inscriptions.
When Joy FM’s journalist Kofi Hayford called the Acting Director of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park Dr. Collins Nunyonameh for clarity on the issue, he declined to speak.
On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, the GTA’s Chief Executive Officer, Maame Efua Houadjeto, issued a press statement to address the rumours of the change circulating on various media platforms.
“We wish to categorically state that at no point has the Ghana Tourism Authority ordered or approved the replacement of the culturally significant greetings ‘Woezor’ (in Ewe) and ‘Akwaba’ (in Akan) with ‘Oobakɛ’,” Mrs Houadjeto stated.
She explained that the inscriptions remained unchanged and reflected Ghana’s cultural diversity, stressing that any modification to the signage would require approval from the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and relevant agencies.
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.
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.
The debate has also spread to Kotoka International Airport, where some campaigners are demanding that the inscription ‘Akwaaba’ be replaced with ‘Oobakɛ.’
Images circulating online, believed to be AI-generated, show the airport’s signage altered to reflect the Ga word.