Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has emphasized that he cannot promise a new stadium under the current economic crisis.
Ghana does not have a world-class category A stadium as the five various stadia in the country cannot host FIFA and CAF-sanctioned games due to their poor state.
However, in a meet the press on Sunday at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra, Mahama was asked how he intended to address that problem if voted into power in December’s General Elections.
“In the current crisis in which we are, I would not stand here and promise that we will build a new stadium,” the former president said.
“But I’ve said that under the big push, we intend to spend a certain amount of money over five years on providing a good infrastructure to include roads, bridges, agro-industrial parks, and so on and so forth.
“That could include sports facilities. And if we make an allocation, then we probably would look at providing such a stadium,” he concluded.
The Borteyman Sports Complex and the University of Ghana Stadium, both built for the 2023 African Games, are the only two facilities currently in good shape to host major multi-sports competitions.
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