[ 2015-01-08 ]

Bolga stadium to be world class – Sports Minister
The Minister for Youth and Sports, Mahama Ayariga
has said work will soon commence on the Bolgatanga
sports stadium to transform it into a world class
stadium.

This, according to the Minister will be achieved
with the provision of standard infrastructure and
facilities.

Mr. Ayariga revealed this on a working visit to
the Bolga sports stadium and also the Bolgatanga
Senior High School (SHS) to inspect a proposed
site for a regional sports academy.

In an interview with Citi News after the
inspection, Mr Ayariga bemoaned the poor
infrastructure of the Bolga sports stadium and
also the lack of proper sports facilities in whole
of the Upper East Region.

He however said government is working to rectify
the problem saying, “it’s unfortunate that we
have not after all these years been able to
develop the infrastructure for sports in the
region.”

He said his Ministry is strategizing to make sure
every region has good facilities for sports
infrastructure.

The Sports Minister indicated that this year, his
outfit is looking at putting up sports facilities
for a few regions.

In relation to Bolgatanga, “we are looking at
developing the pitch and then other facilities in
the Bolgatanga stadium.”

He promised that some technical persons will be
deployed to the Upper East Region “to start work
on the pitches and we will see how we can develop
that facility.”

The President, the Minister said has also directed
that regional sports academies must be instituted
to develop sports talents among the youth.

The regional sports academies will begin with the
use of existing facilities at Senior High Schools
when students are on vacation.

“They are on vacation and we could have had the
academy at this time using the dormitories, the
dining halls and even the classrooms,” he
remarked.

He was certain that “if you really want to
develop sports, now we have to focus on sports in
schools.”

Source - Citifmonline

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