The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Akwasi Agyemang, has commended Joy FM for starting the Ghana Month initiative.

He said this at the Kwame Memorial Park on the eve of Joy FM's 2024 Ghana Month where your Super Station staged a re-enactment of Nkrumah’s 1957 Independence Declaration.

"I congratulate you for the 10th anniversary of Ghana Month. Only Multimedia can do this. We appreciate what you are doing to promote our country Ghana," he said.

Akwasi Agyemang also urged the media to continue to help preserve Ghana’s heritage and values.

“It is our shared responsibility to preserve what we have as a country. So throughout the journey that we are going to embark on, the various tourist sites and attractions, please let’s take care of nature, let’s take care of what we have and let’s make sure that what God has given us, we are able to preserve it,” he said.

Edem Knight-Tay, the Programmes Manager of Joy FM, highlighted how the station started the Ghana Month initiative about ten years ago on Drive Time. The result of the move is the replication of the concept across almost every media platform in Ghana.

She also announced that Joy FM and Joy Prime had put together exciting and educative content for this year’s Ghana Month celebrations.

With the help of Abubakar Latif's Globe Productions, the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Mausoleum will come alive with a stage act depicting the the declaration and more.

The event which was held on Thursday, February 29, 2024, comprised music, dance, and poetry.

The programme opened with a choral performance of a Ghana Month theme song and Uncle Ato’s ‘Oman Beye Yie’, by a University of Ghana choir directed by Uncle Juju.

Weaving a beautiful Ghana story, came a narrator who steered the event as the MC. This ‘old lady’, would sing, dance and regale the audience with her capitulating story telling style.

There were performances by two of Ghana’s illustrious sons in the world of poetry and spoken word: Nana Asaase and Chief Moomen.

Their performances spoke to the essence of Ghana's independence, the pride of being a Ghanaian and the responsibility of upholding Ghana’s values and virtues.

The Great Africa Heritage Dance Ensemble performed various traditional music and dance forms: kete, fontomfrom, kpalongo, bamaya, among others.

The programme climaxed with the reenactment of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s iconic independence speech. This was expertly played by a cast from Globe Productions.

At Joy FM, the month of March is pregnant with quality programmes on Ghana's culture heritage.

Another highlight of this year's celebration is the ‘The Eastern Camp Adventure’ which will take place from 16th to 17th March, 2024.

Participants will be camped in tents at the Aburi Mountains after which they move tour some iconic sites in the region.

With 1,500 cedis per head, the trip covers transportation, Comfy Tent Accommodation, Access To Tourist Sites, Grand Welcome with drinks, full board meals, Asenema Water Falls and a visit to Awukugwa.

There shall also be a jungle party with barbeque, Safari Valley Eco Park with lunch, movie night, jama night and hiking. The rest are board games, quad biking and giveaways.

Joy FM has always given listeners the best of experiences when it comes to tourism. In the past, there were similar events like Conquer Ghana Tour, Western Escape, Savannah Safari, Afadjato Conquest, Kayaking on the Volta Lake and many other adventurous and fun trips across the country. Those were very educative, fun and memorable Ghana Month moments.

'The Eastern Camp Adventure' will take it even a notch higher as we make new discoveries, create new experiences and relive night life back in the days with the Eastern camp adventure.

Pay 1500 Cedis via MoMo to 0593038842 or short code *714*003# and be part of this adventure. For more information, please call 0320216549.