Six new sports stadiums ready, says Bawumia
Bawumia says the government’s investment in sports facilities across Ghana shows its commitment to hosting the African Games Accra 2023
Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed that six of the ten sports stadiums being built by the government in the ten old regions are ready for commissioning.
Speaking at the launch of the 100-day countdown to the African Games Accra 2023 on Wednesday (29 November), Bawumia, who also inspected facilities for the Games at Borteyman and the University of Ghana, Legon, said the government’s investment in these facilities, and others across the country, shows its commitment to hosting the Games, and provides much-needed infrastructure to support the development of sports in Ghana.
“The construction of these magnificent, multipurpose facilities at Borteyman and the University of Ghana for the African Games clearly demonstrates our government’s commitment to the development of much-needed sports infrastructure in Ghana,” Dr Bawumia said.
“In the past seven years, our government has renovated the Accra Sports Stadium, the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in Tamale and the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
“Apart from this, the government has also constructed ten sports stadia: one each in all the ten old regions. Six of these stadia – namely Wa, Dunkwa-on-Offin, Axim, Dormaa Ahenkro, Ho and Koforidua – are ready and commissioning will start soon, beginning with the Koforidua Sports Stadium, before the end of the year. The remaining four are expected to be completed next year,” he said.
Bawumia added that the government is also developing sports infrastructure at the community level. One hundred and fifty-three AstroTurf sports fields have been built so far in communities across the country, he announced.
“It is important to note when we came into office Ghana had only three public AstroTurfs in the country, but in seven years we have 153.
“This demonstrates the government’s commitment to the provision of sports infrastructure, to provide the right facilities for the development of sports in Ghana,” said Bawumia, who is also the presidential candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party for next year’s general election.
With so much investment in national, regional and community sports infrastructure, the vice-president called on the Ministry of Youth and stakeholders to focus on maintaining the facilities.
“Maintaining these facilities is as important as building them, so I want to urge the Ministry of Youth and Sports and other stakeholders in charge of these facilities to prioritise maintenance,” he said.
The ten new sports stadiums are multipurpose, with facilities such as a football pitch, eight-lane athletics tracks, tennis courts, basketball courts and conference rooms, all built to international standard, as well as IT and skills training centres for the youth.
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