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Report by Nana POKU
The minister of Youth and Sports, Hon. Mustapha Yussif has announced that all government stadiums will henceforth use the digital ticketing process during games at the various venues.
He made this statement when he hosted the Press at Ministry of Information in Accra to give account of his ministry.
The minister told the press that during the match between the Black Stars and the Nigerian counterparts, the process proved efficient and reliable so government has decided to use it during the upcoming African Games period.
According to him, as a result of the digital method in that match, all the tickets sold were recorded accurately and it went very fast.
“We could trace the sales at the comfort of our office and within few hours the whole tickets were sold. Certainly this is a good sales process. We cannot do away with it. It has come to stay,” he emphasized.
Hon Mustapha intimated that this process will definitely wean the country off the usual ticket manipulation and corruption.
The minister also mentioned that so far 90 astroturf venues are ready at various places of the country while 30 others are under construction to promote local and district juvenile soccer.
In this respect juvenile soccer can flourish in our districts and countryside.
“There is going to be under 13,15 and 17 for the various categories in our JSS and SS schools. This will constitute the Juvenile soccer academy on competitive basis like the colts fiesta,” he said.
He disclosed that Ghana will participate in the under 17 Black Starlets, Under 20 Black Meteors and under 23 Black Satellites in upcoming tournaments.
He said that the teams are all going to be groomed to take part in international tournaments that Ghana may qualify.
He used the occasion to wish the Black Starlets well in their match at the Cape Coast stadium on Sunday.
The minister congratulated Hasaccas Ladies for winning the competition and urged the Black Maidens to train hard to qualify for the world soccer tournament.
He further wished the Black Stars well for qualifying for the 2022 World Cup tournament. He announced that plans are far advanced to hire the technical team that helped the Black Stars to qualify for the World Cup to handle the team in the World Cup matches and Africa Cup of Nations.
He announced that the team’s engagement will be made known in two weeks time to let them start work soon . And in this regard,coach Otoo Addo and his team will soon come to Ghana to finalize the deal.
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