President of Ghana, Nana Akufo Addo, will receive the Queens Baton Relay (QBR) at the Flagstaff House on Monday, 20th March.
The QBR will touch down in Ghana from March 18-22, 2017, ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
Upon arrival in Ghana it will spend quality time in each community it visits since it has been the traditional curtain-raiser to the Commonwealth Games since the 1958 Games in Cardiff.
The QBR, will be on parade through some principal streets in Accra, a durbar at the Black Star Square for school children, a visit to the Mfantsipim School and Holy Child School in Cape Coast, in the Central Region.
The (QBR) carries a message from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II that calls the Commonwealth’s athletes to come together in peaceful and friendly competition.
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