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Sports News for Monday, September 7, 2020
Source: GNA
2020-09-07
Isaac Asiamah, Minister of Youth and Sports
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Isaac Asiamah, Minister of Youth and Sports, has cut the grass to begin the reconstruction of the Nkawkaw Sports Stadium into a multi-complex sports facility.
The project is estimated at a cost of Ghc27 million cedis and is sponsored by the Middle Belt Development Authority as part of the one million per constituency project.
Expected to be completed in two years, the stadium complex would consist of a capacity of about 10,000 seats, a FIFA standard field with the capacity to host international soccer matches.
Other ancillary facilities would include eight-lane tartan courts, a gym, a restaurant, the multipurpose tennis court, and a hostel to house athletes from some 20 sports disciplines.
The minister said that since the government of the New Patriotic Party (PNP) took power, most of the country’s sports facilities were in poor condition and abandoned.
He noted that the government was determined to promote sports across the country, and therefore instituted measures to renovate the Accra Sports Stadium, which is now in good shape to host sporting events.
Mr. Asiamah mentioned that renovation works were underway at the Essipong and Kumasi sports stadiums, while the Tamale stadium would start soon.
Others, including Secondi, Gyedu, Saltpond, Bekwai, Konongo, Tarkwa, Mampong, Berekum, Kaladan, Techiman, Oda, Sunyani coronation and Wa Malik Kabir parks, would also receive a facelift.
It revealed that 10 multipurpose resource centers were being built in all regional capitals of the country to boost sports infrastructure.
Joe Danquah, executive director of the Middle Belt Development Authority, said his team had built 10 standard artificial grass pitches in the eastern region at a cost of 22.1 million Ghc, while another five were also under construction.
Professor Peter Twumasi, Executive Director of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Professor Peter Twumasi said plans to build or rebuild were advanced in all parts of the country to harness the talents of sports in people everywhere in the country.
He congratulated the government for renovating and rebuilding the sports infrastructure in the country so that it serves to improve sports in the country.
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