The government has allocated GH₵22 million to restore six castles and forts throughout the nation.
The restoration project would concentrate on fixing rips and cracks, replacing the roof, and turning some of the current buildings into tourist attractions and museums that would explain the African story.
In an introductory visit to the Mayor of STMA, Mr. Fredrick Faustinus Faidoo, Mr. Kwesi Essel Blankson, Executive Director of the Ghana Museums and Monument Board, stated, “We hope to complete rehabilitation works on Fort Orange within a year.” Blankson led a delegation to Fort Orange in Sekondi.
The initiative would promote domestic travel, preserve history, and act as a heritage site.
“This project focuses on protecting these historically significant structures, which played a role in the gold trade and later the slave trade.”
Six of the twenty-eight were chosen from the Volta, Greater Accra, Central, and Western Regions of Ghana, including Fort Orange in Sekondi.
He stated that the contractor and consultant had already arrived on the site to start the repair and urged locals to keep the beaches tidy in order to draw tourists.
“After all is said and done, if the city is not clean, it will be very difficult to attract tourists because no tourist would want to spend time in a dirty environment.”
The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr. Fredrick Faustinus Faidoo, gave the committee his word that the assembly would be ready to help carry out the project.
Source: newsthemegh.com