Heads of State museum to be located at Osu Castle

One of the national monuments the 60th-anniversary planning committee is expected to come up with will be located at the Osu Castle which is also referred to as Christianborg Castle.

The Spokesperson of the National Planning Committee of Ghana: 60 years on, Jefferson Sackey explained that the former seat of government is currently the best place for the Heads of State Museum.

He said the role the building plays in the Ghanaian history makes it a good choice for such a museum.

“You are not now going to look at building something fresh. You are looking at a place where the location or the vicinity is part of history and so the choice is, for example, the Christiansborg or Osu Castle because at the end of the day you know that is where almost all our heads of state lived.”
Sackey, however, downplayed concerns raised from the ties the castle has with the slave trade in the country. He argued that slavery is still “part of history” and “it is historically a very key place for us to have a museum like that.”
As far as the cost is concerned, Sackey said the amount will be worked out. He said that there were significant financial pledges made that gives the committee little cause for

“We had a substantial amount of money being pledged when the logo was unveiled. Now it is up to the subcommittee responsible for sponsorship to follow up.”

The 60th-anniversary celebration will cost an estimated GHc 20 million. Sackey said all the major initiatives, from the innovation challenge to the plan to building 60 libraries in 60 deprived communities, have been factored in the estimated cost.

“In this instance, the calculation of the GHc 20 million includes everything. It includes the building of the Heads of State Museum. It includes the march past that we are having not just in Accra but across the length and breadth of our country.