The Minority Leader Hon. Haruna Iddrisu has cautioned sports minister-designate Mustapha Ussif not to be biased in the construction of artificial turfs throughout the country.
At the vetting of Hon. Mustapha Yussif, sports minister-designate, the minority leader raised this caution when he commended government on the provision of Astro turfs in communities as he asked for continuation and expansion of the Astro pitch project.
The ‘One Constituency One AstroTurf Project was an initiative of Robert Coleman, CEO of Wembley Sports Complex and launched in 2017 by the Astro Turfs expert. Receiving a major boost from the government and its agencies, over 50 pitches have been constructed with a number of them either completed or nearing completion.
Though government’s commitment to this initiative has been commended, some red flags have been raised by the minority NDC over the discriminatory manner in the provision of these ultra-modern synthetic pitches which comes with floodlights, changing rooms, washrooms and spectator stands.
Notable among the constituencies that have benefited from the astroturf project include Tema East, Tema West, Secondi, Wale wale, Ayawaso Central, Ablekuma Central, Madina, Adentan, Kibi, Bantama, Ofoase Ayirebi among others. These are all areas which have or had NPP MPs at the time of construction.
Source: Benjamin Yamoah |Starr FM|
