Our Strategic Decision To Host The African Games Has Addressed A Generational Problem - Bawumia

Bawumia said hosting the African Games in Ghana for the first time in the nation's history has addressed a "generational problem" of inadequate multi-Sports facilities in Ghana."One of the areas our government realized Ghana was lacking when we assumed office in 2017 was inadequate infrastructure for multiple Sports disciplines at both national, Regional and district levels.

For the then 10 Regions of our country, we decided to construct a multi-purpose Sports stadium in each of the 10 Regions, commencing with phase one in 2018.

"Today, 6 of the 10 Sports stadiums with multi-Sports facilities and youth resource centre are ready with the Koforidua Sports Stadium already commissioned.

Bawumia noted does not only bring Africa's biggest Sporting event to Ghana for the first time in the history of our country but has also ensured that "we have achieved a generational objective of having world-class facilities for multi-Sports disciplines in Ghana".The Vice President listed the multi-Sports facilities at both the Borteyman Sports Complex and the University of Ghana Sports Stadium, saying "at the Borteyman Sports Complex, one of two venues for the African Games we have built a world-class aquatic centre with 10-lane competition pool and another 10 lanes for warm up.

The Borteyman Sports Complex also has a 1000-seater multi-purpose Sports hall for indoor Sports such as basketball, boxing, volleyball, hand ball and other indoor games.

One of the tennis courts is covered with spectators stand of 1000 seats"."Apart from the multi-purpose halls, the Borteyman Sports Complex also has another 1000-seater dome for more indoor games, a warm-up athletics tracks and also a standard football field", he added.Dr.

Bawumia further said "at the University of Ghana campus which will be another venue for the African Games, our government has almost completed the University of Ghana Sports Stadium which had been abandoned for eight years"."The stadium has been upgraded to international standard with modern athletics tracks.