To bridge the gap between the north and the south in terms of sports infrastructure, a former President of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills as part of an agenda to promote lesser-known sports in deprived regions of Ghana, allocated an amount of $100,000 in 2011, an equivalent of GHC150,000 at the time.
That amount is currently worth about One million and five Hundred thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC1.5 million) for the construction of a multi-purpose Sports Court which will include volleyball, Hand Ball and Basketball courts in Bolgatanga with other facilities.
Initially, a designated site owned by the National Sports Authority (NSA) closer to the Bolgatanga Hospital roundabout on the Bolgatanga-Navrongo road was earmarked for the project and sod cut by the late former President Atta Mills, but that did not happen due to compensation issues between the original landowners and the NSA.
The Upper East Regional Coordinating Council then wrote a letter to the Ministry of Youth and Sports to propose a portion of the Bolgatanga sports stadium for the project which was granted and construction begun according to the project progress Report from the Ministry of Finance on March 25, 2011 with initial completion date of June 25, 2011.
