Alhaji Abubakar Saddique Boniface, Deputy Minister of Tourism and Modernisation of the Capital City, has cut the sod for the commencement of work on the renovation of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah?s former memorial tomb at Nkroful, his birthplace.

The HIPC funded project will be undertaken in phases and comprises the construction of the main entrance, an information centre, a souvenir shop, and rehabilitation of the mausoleum, walkway, creation of a museum out of the existing funeral parlour, planting of trees and painting of the area.

The rest are upgrading of existing houses adjacent to the mausoleum and re-building of the Nyaniba and the Ebusua-Panyin?s houses.

The first phase of the project is estimated at ?390 million and is expected to be completed by the end of April this year for inauguration.