Idris Elba plans to transform Geese Park into a historic conference centre
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Maame Efua Houadjeto, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), has unveiled plans to renovate Accra’s Geese Park into a cutting-edge conference centre as part of the government’s overall tourism and heritage development program.
Speaking on Citi Eyewitness News on Monday, December 15, she explained that the move represents a departure from the previous administration’s aim to keep the region solely as a recreational park.
According to her, whereas the previous administration planned to develop the property as a relaxing park with geese, the present National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has chosen a more strategic use of the space.
The entire property has been given to actor and businessman Idris Elba, who is leading the larger Heritage Village project, which includes the reconstruction, according to Maame Efua Houadjeto.
She went on to say that Ghana’s present International Conference Centre is unfit to hold major international events due to its poor architecture, need for renovations, and small seating capacity of roughly 1,500 people.
“The Former administration intended to use that place as a park to relax and also introduce some geese into the recreational centre but we the NDC have another plan. Our plan is to develop that into a state-of-the-art conference centre.”
“That whole area has been given to Idris Elba to create what we call the Heritage Village. So as part of the Heritage Village, we need a Conference Centre. Our current Conference Centre architecturally is not very strong.”
“It needs refurbishment and the space there takes just about 1500 people. The park will go. GTA has a number of parks. It is a tier one property. It is a prime property that we can use for the Conference Centre so that we can close what we have for renovations,” she said.
She emphasised that rehabilitation is in line with initiatives to establish Ghana as a premier location for international corporate meetings, conferences, and cultural tourism.
Source: newsthemegh.com
