{"id":44483,"date":"2025-09-11T12:15:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=44483"},"modified":"2025-09-11T12:15:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:15:31","slug":"we-will-build-stadia-in-all-the-new-regions-president-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/we-will-build-stadia-in-all-the-new-regions-president-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe will build stadia in all the new regions&#8221; &#8211; President Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>President John Dramani Mahama has confirmed government plans to provide modern sports infrastructure in regions without standard stadia.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div>Speaking to journalists at a press engagement on Wednesday night, the first gentleman of the land underscored that plans are underway to replicate the Tarkwa GoldFields stadium model across the country.<\/div>\n<div>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"\u201cGhana was afraid of us\u201d \u2013 Mali coach Tom Saintfiet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ghana-was-afraid-of-us-mali-coach-tom-saintfiet\/\">\u201cGhana was afraid of us\u201d \u2013 Mali coach Tom Saintfiet<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe promised to build stadia in all the new regions and the regions that don&#8217;t have modern stadia. So, as I speak, the Ministry of Sports and Recreation is doing the design and costing of the stadia, and Upper East is one of the regions that has been captured to receive a new sports stadium,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cWhat we are doing is, Tarkwa GoldFields built a standard stadium for their football activities, and I was surprised to learn it cost about $13 million.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;When the Government of Ghana built a stadium, it cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Those of you who have been to Tarkwa and have seen the stadium, it\u2019s a standard stadium, and it takes about 10,000 people. So, if GoldFields built it for $13 million, then the government too should be able to do the same,\u201d he explained.<\/div>\n<div>READ MORE: <a title=\"2026 World Cup Qualifiers: Five things we learned from Ghana vs Mali\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/2026-world-cup-qualifiers-five-things-we-learned-from-ghana-vs-mali\/\">2026 World Cup Qualifiers: Five things we learned from Ghana vs Mali<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Mahama added that the government has contacted the architects and designers of the Tarkwa project, intending to replicate the model in other regions that do not yet have standard stadia.<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama has confirmed government plans to provide modern sports infrastructure in regions without standard stadia. Speaking to journalists at a press engagement on Wednesday night, the first gentleman of the land underscored that plans are underway to replicate the Tarkwa GoldFields stadium model across the country. 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