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Sports Directorate set for Peer – Review Workshop

Sun, 26 Jan 2014 Source: Sammy Heywood Okine

The Greater Accra Regional Sports Authority will

organize a Peer – Review Workshop for its district, municipal and regional

coaches, and sports directors at the Accra Sports Stadium Media Center on

Tuesday, January 28, 2014 from 9.00am to 5.00pm.

Mr. Kwame Amponfi Jr. the Acting Regional Sports Director

said the purpose of the Workshop is to appraise the performance of the

regional, metropolitan, and district sports directors for the past year through

peer review based on the current rudiments respective sports disciplines

administered in the region.

He said the participants of the event would be

lectured on the Preparation of Action Plan, Minutes and Reports Writing, Laws

and Procedures Governing Public Procurement, Sports Nutrition and Injury

Management as well as Work Place HIV / AIDS Education and Management, all in

the view of improving staff capacity for efficient and effective sports

development and promotion in the region.

According to the inspirational, energetic and

articulate young sports administrator who is also chairman of the NSA workers

union, about 86 participants including major media partners in the Greater

Accra region will take part in the programme to be graced by the regional

minister Hon. Julius Debrah, Dr. Prince Pambo, Head of the Medical Directorate

of the NSA and the acting Director – General of the National Sports Authority

(NSA), Madam Alice Attipoe.

Some selected coaches to speak at the event are drawn

from Associations such as Volleyball, Tennis, Handball, Table Tennis, Disabled

Sports (Goalbal), Basketball, Athletics, Boxing, Soccer, Weightlifting,

Cycling, Swimming and Rugby.

Kwame Amponfi Jr. praised the media for propagating

their messages and letting the world know about their schedules, events and

achievements.He noted that without the media, there would be no sports as the

sports media and sports organisers are partners in the development of sports,

and urged them to consider the lesser known or least financed sports

disciplines which yield the nation more medals like weightlifting, swimming,

boxing, cycling and athletics which is now falling due to lack of competitions.

Source: Sammy Heywood Okine