Why Youth Resource Centres are in poor state - Sports Minister explains

Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif has attributed the deplorable state of National Youth Resource Centres to a lack of funds for contractors to complete projects.

The Minister in a press briefing on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, noted that the project is 90 per cent complete but the contractors are yet to receive payment to fully complete the projects.

He also asserted that, due to the delayed payment, the projects have not been handed over to the minister yet and thus they are not ready for use.

"We had challenges with some of them regarding payment to the contractors. I must admit. But because the contractors have not handed over the projects officially to us, we can't go and use them. Because we have not commissioned them."

He assured his sector is putting measures in place to get the needed funds for the contracts to finish the abandoned projects.

"We are working very hard to make sure that they get their payment and they can go back and complete them for us to use," he said.

The poor condition of the Youth Resource Centres sports has sparked public outrage over how these structures are being managed by authorities.

The affected stadiums include the Ho Sports Complex, Navrongo Sports Complex, Dormaa Multipurpose Sports Complex, and Azumah Nelson Sports Complex in Kaneshie.

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