{"id":218580,"date":"2024-09-17T21:47:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T21:47:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:47:18","slug":"national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/","title":{"rendered":"National Sports Authority Director-General Sacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a shocking move, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has relieved Dodzie Numekevor of his duties as Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes on the heels of widespread criticism over the poor state of Ghana\u2019s football pitches, particularly the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, which was recently stripped of its license to host international matches by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).<\/p>\n<p>The termination letter, signed by Nana Badiatuo Asante, Secretary to the President, directs Numekevor to hand over his office to the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Authority by the end of business today, September 17, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Numekevor\u2019s removal is linked to the stadium being rented out for a six-day church event before Ghana\u2019s crucial AFCON 2025 qualifier against Angola, sparking concerns about the management of sports facilities.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo had previously expressed dissatisfaction with the state of sports infrastructure and warned Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif that he would be held accountable if Ghana is forced to play its home matches outside the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Daniel Bampoe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 In a shocking move, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has relieved Dodzie Numekevor of his duties as Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), effective immediately. The decision comes on the heels of widespread criticism over the poor state of Ghana\u2019s football pitches, particularly the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, which was recently stripped of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>National Sports Authority Director-General Sacked - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"National Sports Authority Director-General Sacked - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 In a shocking move, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has relieved Dodzie Numekevor of his duties as Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), effective immediately. The decision comes on the heels of widespread criticism over the poor state of Ghana\u2019s football pitches, particularly the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, which was recently stripped of [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-17T21:47:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dodzie-Numekevor.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"274\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"184\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"National Sports Authority Director-General Sacked\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-17T21:47:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":180,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Dodzie-Numekevor.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\\\/\",\"name\":\"National Sports Authority Director-General Sacked - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Dodzie-Numekevor.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-17T21:47:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Dodzie-Numekevor.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Dodzie-Numekevor.jpeg\",\"width\":274,\"height\":184},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"National Sports Authority Director-General Sacked\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"National Sports Authority Director-General Sacked - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"National Sports Authority Director-General Sacked - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"\u00a0 In a shocking move, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has relieved Dodzie Numekevor of his duties as Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), effective immediately. The decision comes on the heels of widespread criticism over the poor state of Ghana\u2019s football pitches, particularly the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, which was recently stripped of [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-09-17T21:47:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":274,"height":184,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dodzie-Numekevor.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"National Sports Authority Director-General Sacked","datePublished":"2024-09-17T21:47:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/"},"wordCount":180,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dodzie-Numekevor.jpeg","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/","name":"National Sports Authority Director-General Sacked - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dodzie-Numekevor.jpeg","datePublished":"2024-09-17T21:47:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dodzie-Numekevor.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dodzie-Numekevor.jpeg","width":274,"height":184},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/national-sports-authority-director-general-sacked\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"National Sports Authority Director-General Sacked"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}