By Rihana Adam, GNA
Accra, Nov. 14, GNA - Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, has said work on two Legislative Instruments (L.I), for the National Youth Authority and Sports Acts are progressing steadily.
He said the services of two consultants have been secured to draft the two L.I’s to be submitted to Parliament by the end of the year.
He said the Ministry would continue to monitor the construction of the 10 Youth and Sports Resource Centres of Excellence across the former 10 regions of the country.
The Centres would provide space for sports, youth engagement, recreation and learning adding that, progress of work on most of the construction sites were above 60 percent of completion.
He added that, “in 2020, the Ministry would facilitate the qualification and participation of all the National Football Teams in various international tournaments including the Black Stars preparation and qualification to the 2021 African Cup of Nations Tournament in Cameroon, the 2022 World Cup Tournament in Qatar, the participation of the Black Stars Team "B" in the 2020 CHAN Cup of Nations Tournament in Cameroon, the qualification of the U-20 Football Team to the 2021 U-20 AFCON in Mauritania and the qualification of the Black Starlets to the 2021 U-17 AFCON in Morocco”.
“The Ministry would facilitate the participation of the Black Princesses as well as the Black Maidens in their respective 2020 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournaments.”
He said, the National Sports Authority (NSA) organized a 10km national cross-country event at Daboase in the Mpohor-Wassa East District of the Western Region with representation from all regions.
The event sought to identify talents for long distance running and promote sports development.
The Minister said a four-day Inter-District Sports festival aimed at unearthing talents to feed the various National teams for future events also took place in Accra, with 25 districts in the Greater Accra Municipality participating in the festival.
He said the Ghana Table Tennis Association (GTA) also hosted the International Table Tennis Federation World and Africa Junior-Cadet Championships at the Trust Sports Emporium in Accra. Ghana won one gold, one silver and six bronze medals in the world championship category.
He said Ghana also participated in the just ended African Games that was held in Morocco from 19th -31st August, 2019. The National Team placed 15th with 13 medals, made up of two gold, two silver and nine bronze medals.
He said the NSA would organize a Bi-annual Congress to review and map out strategies for the development of sports and its Regional and District Sports Offices for better work output.
He added that the NSA would organize Inter-District Sports Competitions and the Ghana National Games to unearth new talents for the various National Teams.
It will also facilitate the participation of the National Teams in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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