President John Dramani Mahama has confirmed government plans to provide modern sports infrastructure in regions without standard stadia.
Speaking to journalists at a press engagement on Wednesday night, the first gentleman of the land underscored that plans are underway to replicate the Tarkwa GoldFields stadium model across the country.
“We promised to build stadia in all the new regions and the regions that don’t have modern stadia. So, as I speak, the Ministry of Sports and Recreation is doing the design and costing of the stadia, and Upper East is one of the regions that has been captured to receive a new sports stadium,” he said.
“What we are doing is, Tarkwa GoldFields built a standard stadium for their football activities, and I was surprised to learn it cost about $13 million.
“When the Government of Ghana built a stadium, it cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Those of you who have been to Tarkwa and have seen the stadium, it’s a standard stadium, and it takes about 10,000 people. So, if GoldFields built it for $13 million, then the government too should be able to do the same,” he explained.
Mahama added that the government has contacted the architects and designers of the Tarkwa project, intending to replicate the model in other regions that do not yet have standard stadia.
