The Ghana Football Association has donated a sum of Thirty Two Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢32,000) to the University of Ghana for re-grassing of the ongoing refurbishment of the Main Football Field.

This step by the GFA forms part of the partnership fostered in October 2016 between the Sports Directorate and the GFA.

In the partnership pact, the GFA is to help the Sports Directorate with Technical and Logistical support while the Sports Directorate, through its programmes and the newly established Department for Physical Education and Sport Studies under the College of Education, provide the GFA capacity building and development through workshops, seminars, short courses, Diploma courses and Degree programmes in sports.



The Director of Sports, Dr. Bella Bello Bitugu was appreciative of the gesture and lauded the GFA for this support;

“I am happy for this kind gesture by the GFA, the custodians of football in the country. This move is in the right direction and actually gives meaning to the synergy between academia and industry which is worthy of emulation by other institutions. We look forward for more of such collaboration from other industry players and it is our hope that UG sports infrastructure will be a place of envy in very few years to come.”

It is worth mentioning that the President of GFA is a member of the University of Ghana Sports Advisory Board.