Kumasi Rattray Park Cost $4.4M- KMA BOSS

The mayor of Kumasi has revealed that the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly spent 4.4 million Dollars to construct the city’s modern amusement center, the Rattray Park. The Rattray Park is named after Captain Rattray, a Scottish who was the Assistant Colonial Secretary in the Gold Coast and clerk to the Legislative Assembly of Accra in 1919. He was a special commissioner and the colonial government anthropologist in Ashanti in 1920, who did a lot of research work on the Ashanti Kingdom and the people of the Gold Coast in a bid to help the government understand the people. Captain Rattray is believed to be the first man to fly an aircraft (glider) to West Africa, and crash-landed at the site where the ultramodern recreational centre stands. The Rattray Park, Kumasi City was commissioned on June 1, 2015 by President John Dramani Mahama with the support of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. Since then, it has become the preferred choice for outdoor relaxation for many residents. Attractions at the facility including a "dancing" fountain that responds to music playing at the place, forms part of efforts to restore Kumasi to its past glory as the Garden City. The Rattray Park arguably is the biggest and most beautiful amusement park in West Africa. It comes with an artificial lake and a restaurant.

The K.M.A Chief Executive, Kojo Bonsu, on monday, revealed that the Rattray project cost the assembly $4.4 million. He promised to make public details of the cost in due course after delay caused by unavoidable factors. Mr. Kojo Bonsu made all this revelations on Nhyira Fm’s ‘Kuro yi mu Nsem’ program. He also stated that there are great gains made so far with revenue realized from the project. He revealed that the assembly is able to make at least Ghc17,000 on some weekends from the park. He added that the Assembly embarked the Rattray Project and others with Internally Generated Funds and support from the World Bank’s Urban Development Grant.

In another development, Mr. Bonsu assured traders at the central market and various satellite markets that the assembly will ensure these projects are completed in time.