By
Simon Asare, GNA
Accra, Nov. 12, GNA
– Accra Hearts of Oak climaxed their 108th anniversary celebrations
when they cut sod for the construction of the Pobiman Academy project on
Monday.
The Pobiman Academy
project would include a state of art training facilities, football pitches,
hostel, semidetached houses, dining halls, among others.
Speaking at the sod
cutting ceremony, Mr. Fredrick Moore, Chief Executive Officer of the club,
stated that, the project is supposed to demonstrate the intent of the management
as they target to take the club to greater heights.
“This project is to
show our supporters that we mean success and business, so we welcome you here
not only to cut the sod but to show you our intent of what we want to do for
this great club.
“We are hoping that
we would continue to be the trailblazers and the premier club at every point in
the history of football in Ghana,’’ he said.
Mr. Kurt E.S.
Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), thanked the Board
and Management of the club for the initiative and was happy that, the club was
laying good foundation for the future.
“We are here to lay
a foundation for the big take off of the Hearts of Oak empire. Hearts has
achieved a lot when you talk about Ghanaian football history but in recent
times we speak about Hearts not being dominant enough and lack of trophies in
the cabinet in the last 10 years and it is because the fundamentals has been
weak and stopped producing super talents.
He called for
massive support for the project and also urged fans to turn out massively
during the club matches and but the replica jersey to help them generate
revenue for the day to day running of the club.
Dr. Nyaho Nyaho
Tamakloe, in his address on behalf of the Board Chairman of the club, Togbe
Afede XIV thanked the board members for the laudable initiative and was hopeful
that the project would raise the image of the club.
“The talents
produced by the club over the past years encouraged the Management and the Board
to actualize the dream and ensure that, the club operates its own academy which
would be comparable to best academies across the world,’’ he said.
He thanked the
founding fathers of the club who have helped the club through its difficult
times over its 108 years of existence.
GNA
