{"id":468840,"date":"2018-03-01T16:30:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T16:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/03\/01\/renovation-works-begin-at-azumah-nelson-sports-complex\/"},"modified":"2018-03-01T16:30:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T16:30:29","slug":"renovation-works-begin-at-azumah-nelson-sports-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/03\/01\/renovation-works-begin-at-azumah-nelson-sports-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"Renovation works begin at Azumah Nelson Sports Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday,  1 March 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-03-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/61202585.295.jpg\" alt=\"Azumah Nelson Renovation\" title=\"Azumah Nelson Renovation\" width=\"295\" height=\"201\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Renovations works on the facility will cost $4 million<\/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=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1519921829_707_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah, on Thursday, cut sod for the renovation of the Azumah Nelson Sports complex following Citi Sports\u2019 report on the poor state of the facility.<\/p>\n<p>The renovation works is expected to cost the ministry about GH\u00a2 18 million ($4 million) and will take 16 months to complete.<\/p>\n<p>The new edifice is expected to include running tracks, a FIFA standard football pitch, a multipurpose gym, a swimming pool and hostels to House National teams.<\/p>\n<p>Asiamah believes the facility, when completed, can help ease pressure of some other sporting infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis place used to serve as camping grounds for our various national teams. Also in 2007 when the Accra Stadium was closed down Accra Hearts of Oak and Great Olympics used this place as their home grounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately the facilities here have been abandoned and left to deteriorate so much so that it doesn\u2019t befit the pedigree of Azumah Nelson. This place is going to be transformed, and in a few months all will be proud,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Isaac Asiamah also said the renovation of the Azumah Nelson Sports Complex and the Accra Sports Stadium and other sporting facilities is all part of a grand plan to build a solid base for sports development in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need future for Sports development and that future is what we are beginning this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to address the fundamentals and that is the availability of sporting infrastructure and this year we are going to see that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/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 Thursday, 1 March 2018 Source: citifmonline.com 2018-03-01 Renovations works on the facility will cost $4 million Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah, on Thursday, cut sod for the renovation of the Azumah Nelson Sports complex following Citi Sports\u2019 report on the poor state of the facility. 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