The UAE Ambassador to Ghana, Accra Mayor Elizabeth Sackey, Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Henry Kokofu, Hiplife musician, Okyeame Kwame and Dean of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press corps, Harriet Nartey and others planted the Ghaf trees.
In September 2021, the Director-General of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Audrey Azoulay, named Accra as the UNESCO World Book Capital for 2023. Last Monday, April 24, 2023, the long awaited declaration finally took place, and Accra was installed as the Book Capital of the whole wide world. Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, Madam Audrey Azouley, and Accra Mayor Elizabeth Sackey were on hand to do Accra the honours.