OFICIALS of FIFA have handed over a dining hall facility constructed at the cost of $400,000 to the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
The facility, which has a 40-seater restaurant and a fully furnished kitchen, was put up under FIFA’s Goal Three project.
The Goal Programme, initiated by the world football governing body, is aimed at providing member associations with tailor-made projects such as the construction of association headquarters, technical centres, natural and artificial playing turfs and football schools.
Handing over the facility, the FIFA development officer for West Africa, Mr Sampson Kablan, said the occasion signified FIFA’s commitment to a collaboration with federations and governments on improving football infrastructure across developing nations.
He said FIFA’s Goal projects were aimed at bridging the gap between advanced countries, particularly those of Europe and their counterparts from elsewhere, while promoting parity in Africa, Asia and South America, who are considered underdeveloped.
The General Secretary of the GFA, Kofi Nsiah, and a GFA executive committee member, Awuah Nyamekye, who received the facility on behalf of the FA and the government, commended FIFA for the gesture.
The two announced that the GFA had concluded works on drawings for the proposed construction of a football academy with a full primary to secondary educational centre attached as part of its efforts to harness potential amongst the youth.
The project, which will commence next year, according to them, will be financed with funds from Ghana’s allocation under the Goal projects.
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