Deputy Ranking Member on the Parliamentary Select Committee of Sports, Michael Kwesi Aidoo, has identified inadequate skilled labour as a major problem in Ghana’s sports fraternity.
In an exclusive interview, the Deputy Ranking Member, who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Oforikrom Constituency, called on President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, to finish uncompleted sports infrastructure projects before building new stadia in Ghana’s recently created regions.
On the issue of sports development, the Member of Parliament called for more professionals in multiple sports disciplines to be trained stating,
“It is important that the state invest in these [sports] facilities but most importantly make sure that maintenance is key, we train skilled people. Today if you go to the Ministry [Sports] one of their issues is having access to skilled labour; people who are well trained within the sports sector so that they can support sports activities and it is a challenge that they have.”
“I think the government should put together a strategic effort to develop skills through the use of scholarships so that people can have access to go outside to gain the skills that we do not have here.”
