Tamale, the northern regional capital was picked to host the anniversary parade.
Since March 6, 1957 the event had been held at the Independence Square in Accra.
Wednesday’s anniversary celebrations took the form of display by the nation’s security services and marching schoolchildren.
President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-addo, through his planning committee decided to host it in Tamale for the first time.
Addressing the parade, President Akufo-Addo said Ghanaians have a responsibility to hold the police service accountable to its vision of delivering protection that meets international standards.
“We should hold them to their vision to become a world-class service capable of delivering planned protective and peaceful services to the standards of international best practice in a democracy,” the Ghanaian leader said.
He congratulated the security agencies for “their work and their readiness to put their lives on the line” for others, urging them to “continue to be professional at all times.”
He added: “Let me say a few words about our Police Service because we need a credible and professional Police Service to be able to have a peaceful and united society. We cannot have a successful Police Service without the cooperation of the population. The cooperation stands for giving respect to the Police and encouraging them to earn the trust of the people by serving the public with dedication”.
He indicated that the Police Service has launched a “new communication and education strategy that sets out explicitly how the service must conduct itself and engage in communication with the citizens of Ghana.”
His statement followed the violence that broke out on January 31 in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency bye-election, during which some prospective voters were shot and wounded by men believed to be national security operatives in police SWAT vehicles.