Oct 7- 2020

On the 9th of March, the Embassy of Ghana, hosted Ghana’s 61st Independence anniversary celebrations at Marriot Hotel in The Hague. Invited were members of the diplomatic core and members of the Ghanaian diaspora. The theme of the celebration was “Ghana beyond Aid”.

The celebration was graced by Her Excellency Ms. Sophia Horner-Sam, Ghana’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and representatives from other embassies. The Ambassador and her staff were dressed in colourful traditional Ghanaian Kente cloth and other Ghanaian prints. The celebrations were attended by representatives of the various Ghanaian community leaders and groups.

Her Excellency, the Head of Mission along with senior staff at the Ghanaian Embassy, lined up to welcome the guests to the celebration. The national anthems of Ghana and The Netherlands were sang.

The celebrations was followed by a brief address by the Ambassador, on behalf of the President of Ghana, His Excellency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo. In the address, Her Excellency Ms. Sophia Horner-Sam, praised the longstanding Ghanaian-Dutch partnership. She noted that she will do her best to grow and foster this partnership during her tenure in office.