By Wale Ojo-Lanre just back from Ghana updated: Wednesday 02-09-2009


Queen Irene Cole- Queen Island Resort

- 18 Golf course -Residential plots

- 5-Star hotel

- Multi-building condominium

- Shopping malls

- Amusement park

GREAT Ningo is a peaceful beach- community located on 22 miles east of Tema and 35 miles East of Accra, Ghana.

The indigenes are always proud to tell whoever cares that there are only two great countries in the world; The Great Britain and Great Ningo.

The greatness of the community is not only embedded in its being located along the sea but blessed with pristine flora, exotic palm trees, trees, local lush grasses and utmost serenity never found anywhere in Ghana.

The indigenes thus revel in this natural wonders and always show off that, they are specially created by God to enjoy the most temperate environment in Ghana.

This indigenes protect their land jealousy from hungry land speculators who are just out to acquire it for spurious purpose.

Over the years, they have rebuffed several offers just because “our land can only go for that person who has vision to translate it to an eldoraldo.”

Consequently, a Nigerian-American Queen Irene Cole walked into the palace of the Nene, paid obeisance and unveiled her vision:

“I am here not to buy your land and resell. I am here to acquire your land for something that will not only benefit the land but indigenes, Great Ningo, Ghana in particular and West Africa in general.”

Her tone and conviction of purpose was so real in her face that the Nene had no choice than to call his people in agreement for the handling over of 441 acres of land to the Queen.

She went further, “My vision for this place is to create the best resort in the world sub-region, where you can have access to everything.

“My father, I want to put that little bit of heaven from each country of the world which I have visited here on Queen Island Resort. That part of the exclusive London residence, that part of the Disney World Park, the bit of joy of Sea World Universal Studio, the romantic bliss of the Mediterranean and the blowing glitz of Las Vegas. All combined will make Queen Island Resort a unique haven in Africa.

Speaking with TTH on the Island in Ghana, Queen Irene Cole, pointed to the 221 acres of land “This project is being designed to be an exclusive master-plannet golf course community that upon completion shall become a world-class resort community for residents and visitors alike. The golf course shall be the centre piece of the resort and shall be developed to provide a challenging and breathtaking experience for golfers of all experience levels. Each of the 18 holes of this prestigious championship golf course shall be created with its own signature design that combines the natural terrain, and foliage with the oceanfront views and breezes.

“Surrounding the golf course shall be high-end residential home sites of various sizes. The core resort complex shall be at a minimum of four or five-star 500-plus room hotel and convention/multi-use centre complete with restaurants, club house facilities, pro shop, retail shopping, meeting rooms, and other support facilities.

“Additional resort amenities being planned include: timeshare and condominium buildings, athletic facilities, additional hotels, swimming pools, health and wellness centre including complete spa facilities, amusement park and tourist visitor’s centre, marketplace with community cultural centre, and a variety of oceanfront destination resort amenities.

“The golf course shall be designed to be environmentally-friendly by utilising select landscape designs that minimize water usage. All water used for irrigation and water feature purposes shall be reclaimed water from the resort’s wastewater reclamation facilities effluent. “Solar power generation shall be incorporated into the project’s residential and commercial structural designs. All efforts to create designs similar to LEED-certification standards for Green facilities shall be maximized.” The overall complex shall be designed to meet the international golf course requirements of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) including minimum tournament requirements.”
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