New Patriotic Party (NPP’s) parliamentary candidate for Madina Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Alhaji Abubakar Saddique Boniface, has secured a partnership deal for the development of the Madina football pitch into an Astroturf.

The move seeks to unearth football talents among the youth in the densely-populated area of Accra.

The large track of land situated in the Madina-Zongo area that serves as a football pitch for the teeming unemployed youth of the area has been undeveloped over the past decades.

In the light of this development, some Turkish investors gave the indication that they would partner Mr. Saddique Boniface to develop the pitch into a 15,000 capacity Astroturf stadium in the next three months.

According to the investors, who toured the pitch recently, they were interested in developing the youth to join an academy in Turkey to be groomed for premiership division teams in Turkey.

Speaking to the press after taking the delegation on tour of the pitch, Alhaji Abubakar Boniface said the project was a long-term one for the development of football talents in the constituency.

The former Minister for Employment and Manpower Development added that the project, if completed, would harness the football talents of the teeming youth of the constituency.

He revealed that the team was expected to leave Accra and return in no time with experts from the Galatasarai Football Club to train coaches for the academy and then build the Astroturf.

He said his office was embarking on the project in collaboration with the Ministry of Sports, who were the owners of the pitch, adding that it had been on the drawing board since his days as a Cabinet Minister under ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor.

He was elated the project was going to become a reality at a time he was seeking to lead the constituency in the 2017 Parliament of the country.