{"id":446563,"date":"2017-12-13T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/renaming-tamale-stadium-we-were-modest-in-spending-over-ghc100k-pius-hadzide\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T08:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T08:00:29","slug":"renaming-tamale-stadium-we-were-modest-in-spending-over-ghc100k-pius-hadzide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/renaming-tamale-stadium-we-were-modest-in-spending-over-ghc100k-pius-hadzide\/","title":{"rendered":"Renaming Tamale Stadium: We were modest in spending over GHC100k &#8211; Pius Hadzide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday, 13 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/82694423.295.jpg\" alt=\"ALIU STADIUM\" title=\"ALIU STADIUM\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Entrance to the Aliu Mahama Stadium in the Northern Regional capital<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513152029_372_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Deputy Youth and Sports Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide has emphasized that government was very modest in spending over GHC 100,000 to rename the Tamale Sports Stadium after the late Vice President Aliu Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>The Stadium which was built in 2008 during the tenure of former President John Agyekum Kufuor to be used for the African Cup of Nations was renamed the \u2018Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium\u2019 over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Sports Ministry organized keep-fit sessions and a ceremonial football match between Southern and Northern select sides of which the former won by 2-1 to lift the trophy to commemorate the renaming of the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So there were a series of activities that were organized to honour the hero. Organizational cost, the Trophy, beyond the trophy GHC50, 000 was at stake as the cash prize but we were very modest in our expenditure&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pius Hadzide revealed that the expenditure for the renaming of the Stadium was sponsored by the state, tallying GHC 100,000 cedis of the taxpayer\u2019s money and thus it was wisely spent; contrary to reports that McDan Group of Companies sponsored the event.<\/p>\n<p>Although many were against the renaming of the Tamale Stadium to Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium the Deputy Sports Minister believes the renaming is the best the state can do to honour the former 2nd gentleman of the motherland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 35 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Wednesday, 13 December 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-12-13 Entrance to the Aliu Mahama Stadium in the Northern Regional capital Deputy Youth and Sports Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide has emphasized that government was very modest in spending over GHC 100,000 to rename the Tamale Sports Stadium after the late Vice President Aliu Mahama. 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