Baba Yara Stadium: Parliament to investigate National Sports Authority’s Operations – Mensah Woyome

Ranking member of Parliament’s Select Committee on Youth and Sports, Kobla Mensah Woyome has expressed his disappointment in the current state in which Ghana finds itself after CAF decided to withdraw approval for the use of Baba Yara stadium for Black Stars games.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports requested the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to request an inspection of the Accra Sports and University of Ghana Stadiums by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after the news of the ban on the Baba Yara Stadium.

Reacting to this on THE GAME, the Member of Parliament for South Tongu, indicated the select committee will launch an inquiry into the operations of the National Sports Authority on the back of its failed mandate in the maintenance of the Baba Yara Stadium and other sports facilities in Ghana.

“So, already we had taken certain steps to meet as a committee somewhere on the 23rd of September to look at other matters that the Speaker had referred to the committee. And so, that is in the pipeline. And so, with this that has happened, we will also rope that in, and we want to know two things. One, those who had been given the job to undertake some renovation works and all that, they’re probably going to show us what actually was done, the scope of work that was given them, and the money paid in that sense for the renovations and all that. We want to go into it because, if it was done properly, we wouldn’t find ourselves in this situation.

And then two, see whether, within the shortest possible time, we can get a rescue event, that is a venue that can rescue the situation”.

“And I just heard that they want to look at the University of Ghana Sports Stadium as well as Accra Sports Stadium. I just pray that we are able to meet the standard, I mean, we should bow our heads in shame, particularly the NSA, the ministry, and everybody who had a role to play in this matter, because we shouldn’t sink that low, it’s so sad that in the history of this country, we are confronted with this situation. It could have been avoided if we hadn’t played politics with some of the things that had gone on. There are a lot of contracts to go and renovate these facilities. I mean, we’ll be very much as a committee interested in how and who took what and the scope of work and why we are confronted with this situation”, he told GHOne TV.

The Black Stars would be back in action in October when they host Sudan as they seek to recover from a poor start to the qualifiers after two games.

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