Accra, Jan 27, GNA - Prince Ernest Oduro-Mensah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Sports Council (NSC) has pledged the Council's support for Beach Sports to make it one of the attractive disciplines in the country.

He said this is to ensure that the sport comes to par with other established disciplines in the country. Prince Oduro-Mensah said providing the sport with the needed support will also ensure the realisation of the needed revenue from beach sports.

The NSC boss said this when he inaugurated the Ghana Beach Sports Association (GBSA) in Accra on Friday. Prince Oduro-Mensah tasked the executives of the Association to see to the proper running of the sport and assured them of the Council's support at all times.

He said the Council will also explore other venues that will be suitable for beach sports to make it popular in the country. He reminded them not to make the GBSA to become a duplication of associations but to rather enhance the nation's quest to dominate sports on the continent.

Nii Odotei Adjei, Gyasehene of La, who chaired the ceremony commended the NSC for accepting the GBSA as a member of the Council and urged that all support be made to achieve the desired goals. He envisaged that Ghana's dominance in football will reflect in beach football so that the country can have another group of Abedi Pele's, Anthony Yeboah's and Michael Essien's among others.

Nii Amasah Namoale, Member of Parliament of Dade Kotopon Constituency appealed to corporate bodies to support beach sport, which he said would help prevent the youth from engaging in social vices. The ten-member executive officers of the Association made up Yaw Ampofo Ankrah, David Nana Anim, Ataa Kofi Mensah, Rashid Boiu Nai and Alhaji Tanko were inaugurated into office. The rest are Frank Nwokolo Nelson, Christopher Opoku, Albert Asante and Albert Frimpong