Okley Solomon, a radio host and tourism curator in Koforidua, has urged the Ghana Tourism Authority to transform the Abonse slave market site in the Okere District of the Eastern Region into a fully recognised tourist destination.
He emphasised the need for tourism in the area to be given more consideration while giving a report on the 2025 Detty December events in the area on Joy FM’s Showbiz A-Z.
The location, which was formerly a slave market, has the potential to become a significant tourist attraction for the nation, Okley Solomon informed host Kwame Dadzie.
“There is a slave market here in the region. It is called Abonse Slave Market. The information I have is that the archeology department of the University of Ghana has been there to do their findings and have confirmed that indeed that place was a slave market because they saw some shackles and all that and gathered them to their department in Accra,” he said.
Thus, the broadcaster, also known as Jah Solo, warned the Ghana Tourism Authority and the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Creative Arts to take notice of the website.
“So what they did for Assin Manso Slave Market, let them do same for Abonse,” he said.
Abonse is a Guan-speaking town located near the boundary to Shai Osudoku, Adukrom and Asesieso.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Gilbert Abeiku Aggrey, who was also on the programme, said the government remains committed to creating and promoting more tourism products across the country.
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