A five-member para-athletics team of the National Paralympic Committee of Ghana have left Accra to participate in the 2024 Marrakech World Para Athletics Grand Prix which is slated for April 25 to 28 this year.

The team led by coach, Ibrahim Aminu Suleman, left Accra in the early hours of Wednesday, April 24, 2024, for the event in Morocco.

This event is part of the qualification events for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and it will serve as an opportunity for classification for the first Ghanaian Para Athlete in the field of shot put, standing javelin and discus throwing in the person of Edmund Govina.

The other members of the team who have been classified already are 21-year-old Amos Ahiagah, right arm amputee will be competing in 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters and men’s long jump events, while 19-year-old Diana Kuubetegr also arm amputee will compete in the women’s 800 meters and 1,500 meters events. Zinabu Issah who is an experienced para athlete will be competing in women’s sitting shot put, discus throw and javelin events.

This young para-athlete team are poised to qualify for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and will call on corporate bodies to support the National Paralympic Committee of Ghana with funds to enable them to attend other Paris 2024 Paralympic Games qualification events coming up in France.

The team is being sponsored by the President of the African Paralympic Committee Mr Samson Deen with logistic support from the Ministry of Youth and Sports.