The National Sports Authority (NSA) carried out a fumigation exercise at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi on Thursday as part of efforts to fight the pandemic.
Ghana has recorded 641 cases of Covid-19 with 83 recoveries and eight people dead.
Speaking to reporters after the exercise, The acting Regional Sports Director for the NSA, Edmund Appiah said the fumigation exercise cost Ghc 7,000.
“Everybody in Ghana is aware of the COVID-19 and this stadium is a public place, which people always use for sporting activities and even everybody knows Baba Yara sports Stadium hosted the 63rd independent anniversary for which a lot of people from across the world attended,” he said.
“For us to be sure the facility hasn’t been infected or even if it had been infected I think there is a need for us to disinfect the entire stadium so that people who will come to rent the stadium will not be in any form of risk.”
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“Ministry of Youth and Sports/ National Sports Authority (NSA) use their resources for the fumigating the stadium.”
“It’s not true we will spend 20,000 Ghana cedis. NSA can’t take a decision only we sort for quotations with the MOYS before we came out with a final budget for the fumigation. So the cost is 7,000.”, he added.
The stadium has been closed down for renovation works and is expected to be completed in October this year.
