The Nationwide Democratic Congress (NDC) has pledged to remodel the deteriorating Winneba Sports activities Faculty right into a full-fledged college, ought to they emerge victorious within the December normal elections.
This dedication is printed within the social gathering’s “Resetting Ghana” manifesto, unveiled in Winneba on Saturday, August 24, 2024, and options ten key guarantees, together with upgrading the sports activities school.
”We are going to improve the UEW Sports activities Faculty into a contemporary sports activities college providing coaching programmes in sports activities, associated drugs, science and sports activities administration/administration at campuses round Ghana.”
The social gathering’s plan for sports activities growth is anchored on ten factors specifically:
1. Assist the event of Colts, Division One and Two and the Ghana Premier League by augmenting the salaries of all registered footballers with allowances.
2. Undertake emergency refurbishment of pitches, tracks and different services at our nationwide stadia in Accra, Kumasi, Tamale, Cape Coast and Sekondi to satisfy FIFA requirements.
3. Pursue our long-standing coverage of building worldwide commonplace stadia in all areas.
4. Construct extra multi-purpose sports activities services to advertise regional sporting occasions and inter-school competitions as a part of our expertise growth coverage.
5. Guarantee equitable investments in different nationwide groups, comparable to ladies’s soccer groups, parasports groups, juvenile groups and lesser-known sports activities.
6. Improve the UEW Sports activities Faculty into a contemporary sports activities college providing coaching programmes in sports activities, associated drugs, science and sports activities administration/administration at campuses round Ghana.
7. Set up Sports activities Centres of Excellence within the northern, center and southern zones in collaboration with current universities and the non-public sector.
8. Assist nationwide athletes extra constantly to compete internationally and develop post-competition careers and pension schemes to cater for nationwide athletes.
9. Provide scholarships to promising sports activities abilities and put money into the institution of sports activities academies in partnership with the non-public sector.
10. Assist retired sports activities personalities in pursuing different sports-related careers after an lively sporting life