A sports academy is to be established in Northern Ghana to help identify and unearth sports talents among the youth in the area.
When completed, the facility would constitute the third to be provided in the country.
To that effect, the Ministry of Youth and Sports has been tasked to assess the possibility of putting up such a facility.
The Vice-President, John Dramani Mahama, announced this in Tamale when he presented a 60-seater Yutong luxury bus valued at GH¢75,000 to Real Tamale United (RTU).
The vehicle was the Vice-President’s personal donation to the club in response to an appeal made by the club three months ago.
According to the Vice-President, the north abounds in sports talents, saying “we must explore all avenues to ensure that the youth get jobs through the development of their talents thereby reducing poverty among them.”
He noted that sports was lucrative and many families had been able to break their vicious cycle of poverty through that.
Mr Mahama intimated that all colts clubs must be supported as a strategy to strengthen RTU.
“Let us concentrate on other sports disciplines and encourage our women to go into soccer, “he advised.
The Vice-President equally observed that RTU was the eye of the north and one club that had shown resilience in the Premier League since its formation in 1976.
“My burning desire is that in the next few years RTU should be able to bring the league trophy to Tamale,” he stated.
He paid glowing tribute to all those who had brought the club this far, and made particular mention of the contribution of the former Vice-President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama.
He entreated supporters of RTU to exercise restraint while the agreement, signed between the management of the club and its technical team was implemented.
Mr Mahama, however, explained that the agreement among other things, demanded of the technical team to maintain RTU between the first and eighth position on the league table during the first half of the next league season.
The agreement, he stated ,equally stipulated the need for the technical bench to put in place effective strategies to ensure that RTU is among the top four by the close of the next season.
He warned that failure of the technical team to achieve those targets would attract sanctions ,including termination of appointment.
The Northern Regional Minister, Stephen Nayina, pledged on behalf of the club to put the bus to judicious use, adding that it would be parked at the regional administration and used when the need arose.
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