{"id":240680,"date":"2024-10-28T12:32:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T12:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/28\/minister-pledges-training-centre-for-armwrestling\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T12:32:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T12:32:09","slug":"minister-pledges-training-centre-for-armwrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/28\/minister-pledges-training-centre-for-armwrestling\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Pledges Training Centre For Armwrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>President Akufo-Addo (2nd L) in a handshake with Osei Asibey. With them is the Sports Minister<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Armwrestling Federation\u2019s dream of having a state-of-the-art training centre and office for Africa Armwrestling is finally within reach.<\/p>\n<p>In a historic meeting at the Jubilee House, President\u00a0 Akufo-Addo in reaffirming the government\u2019s commitment to supporting the growth of armwrestling in Ghana and Africa tasked the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, to give every support necessary to the armwrestling federation because they had worked hard to raise high the flag of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Youth and Sports, in response, announced plans to establish a state-of-the-art training centre and office for the Africa Armwrestling Federation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re committed to supporting the sport\u2019s development because armwrestling has shown tremendous growth and potential in Africa and beyond that also greatly impacted on Ghana\u2019s showing at the just ended African Games,\u201d Minister Ussif said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have already directed the National Sports Authority to give armwrestling a place for the office of the confederation, and as for the training centre, we will make Borteyman Sports Complex available to Ghana Armwrestling and all federations that need the place for training or hosting national and international competitions,\u201d he further said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also mentioned that under his leadership, three Ghanaians have ascended the throne of continental leadership, namely Mr. Herbert Mensah of Rugby Africa, Mr. Samson Deen of Africa Paralympic Committee and Mr. Charles Osei Asibey of Africa Armwrestling Federation.<\/p>\n<p>He also challenged the Ghana Armwrestling President to use his influence on the global stage to ensure a quick transition into getting armwrestling becoming an Olympic sport.<\/p>\n<p>President of the Ghana and Africa Armwrestling Federation, Mr. Charles Osei Asibey said, \u201cThis is a game-changer for armwrestling in Ghana and Africa, we\u2019ll work tirelessly to ensure the sport\u2019s continued growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Osei Asibey expressed gratitude for the government\u2019s assurances, highlighting the federation\u2019s achievements, including a total international medal haul of 350.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>From The Sports Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo (2nd L) in a handshake with Osei Asibey. 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In a historic meeting at the Jubilee House, President\u00a0 Akufo-Addo in reaffirming the government\u2019s commitment to supporting the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240680","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>Minister Pledges Training Centre For Armwrestling - 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\/10\/28\/minister-pledges-training-centre-for-armwrestling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minister Pledges Training Centre For Armwrestling - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Akufo-Addo (2nd L) in a handshake with Osei Asibey. 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