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The Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA) has requested for legal documents on the construction of work at the Nkawkaw sports stadium.
This follows guidance and counsel for the suspension of unauthorised work until all relevant documentations and approvals are met by businessman and MP for Abetifi Hon Bryan Acheampong.
Shedding more light on this latest development surrounding the project, Yaw Ampofo revealed that work can begin immediately after the construction guidelines are followed.
In 2020, the NSA and the Middle Belt Authority (MBA) engaged Farahdel Ghana Ltd to modernise the Nkawkaw Stadium into a multi functional sports facility.
However, due to budgetary challenges, the project completely stalled.
At the start of 2025, the member of Parliament for Abetifi Hon. Bryan Acheampong, engaged the Middle Belt Authority by offering to provide financial support for a scaled down project.
This new project was intended as a temporal structure only serving as home venue for Okwahu United for the upcoming football season.
This move, may have been with the best of intentions by the member of Parliament however it was done without recourse to the state through NSA, owners and managers of the Nkawkaw Stadium.
Subsequently, in May 2025 Farahdel Ghana Limited resumed construction works on a new model presented by Hon Acheampong.
The attention of NSA was immediately drawn to this new development with multiple conflicting media reports.
In view of this and the need to ascertain facts surrounding the exact nature of works, legal protocols and accountability, the NSA boss dispatched a team of officials led by the Authority' s Estates Manager and Chief Operating Officer to conduct a fact finding tour of the Nkawkaw stadium site.
After receiving the report on 8th June 2025, the NSA boss immediately reached out to Hon Acheampong to discuss the project and pause work on site until all the necessary regulatory requirements are met in order for a complete report to be submitted to the Minister for Sports and recreation Hon Kofi Iddi Adams.
On Monday 16th June 2025, a stakeholders briefing was held at the Nkawkaw stadium site where clarity on the new model, regulatory requirements and approvals was spelt out to the community, region and Ghana.
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