The Member of Parliament for Talensi Constituency and former President the Ghana Olympic Committee, Benson Tongo Baba (BT Baba) has observed that the basic problems of the Ministry of Youth and Sports are financing, and technical expertise and infrastructure.
He made the observation when he spoke on A1Radio’s Day Break Upper East Show today, May 31, 2022.
BT Baba said “the basic problem of the Ministry of Youth and Sports is financing, technical expertise and then three, we don’t have the infrastructure. Look at the Upper East Region, recently they came and did some Astroturf and over the weekend all of you trooped there and you were playing some fun games. Do you see the crowd that it pulled; the enthusiasm of the people. They say Bolgatanga stadium, is not a stadium, this is a park.”
The Talensi MP said the Bolgatanga Park has not seen any facelift since its construction many years ago. According to him, when the right infrastructure is not put in place, talent identification becomes difficult.
“When you don’t have infrastructure, then forget about talent identification. You get your talent, but they will be using poor-quality facilities to train. So you don’t get the best out of them. So if you want to attain the highest laurels in sports, your local or national infrastructure must be comparable to the standard internationally.”
The former Chairman of the Ghana Olympic Committee says it is shameful for CAF and FIFA to ban some sports facilities in the country describing them as not fit for purpose. According to him, there is no sports hub in Ghana at the moment.
“Even as we are preparing to host the all African Games, the minister appeared before us, the Youth and Sports and Cultural Committee, what they are going to present as a sports hub is a collapsible one. After the games they will collapse it,” he disclosed.
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Osuman Kaapore Tahiru|Ghana
