There should be a fund dedicated for maintenance of sports facilities – Frank Annoh-Dompreh
The Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has told the manager to attach a devoted fund for the repairs of sports facilities all over Ghana.
As we reveal, most of the nation’s sporting venues maintain suffered neglect, ensuing in their deterioration. Addressing Parliament right during the approval of a GHS 65 million funds for the Ministry of Sports actions and Recreation, Annoh-Dompreh, who also serves as the Minority Chief Whip, emphasised the need for a structured with regards to facility upkeep.
“There must peaceable be a line funds devoted for the repairs of these sports facilities as a consequence of we’ve invested so significant into these infrastructures, and it may perchance’t be the case that we stir away it because it is unless now we maintain a tournament coming sooner than we stir in there,” he talked about.
He extra stressed the significance of constant repairs to offer protection to national sources.
“It need to be historically completed and is one thing we must always attain to make certain that that the national sources don’t bolt down. We (parliamentarians) will approve the funds contingent on you [Chairman Henry Ernest Norgbey and Ranking Member of Sports Committee of Parliament] following up, Chairman, apply as a lot as make certain that we earn allocation for capers,” he added.
Neglect of sports infrastructure has had extreme penalties, with each the Baba Yara Stadium and the Cape Flit Sports actions Stadium going through bans from hosting CAF and FIFA-sanctioned suits as a consequence of dreadful repairs.