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Sports Minister hails exploits of Ghanaian athletes.

Sports Minister hails exploits of Ghanaian athletes.
Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Mustapha Ussif.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Mustapha Ussif has hailed the exploits of the Ghanaian athletes who won medals at the recently ended commonwealth games in Birmingham.  He made this known on his Facebook wall, monitored by GHANA News ONLINE.

Deborah Acquah won a bronze medal for Ghana in the women’s long jump category. Abraham Mensah, won a silver medal for the country in boxing (bantamweight division) whilst Joseph Commey also won silver in the featherweight division of boxing.

“Congratulations to the following compatriots on winning laurels for the nation at the Commonwealth Games today: Deborah Acquah; bronze medal in the Women's Long Jump. Abraham Mensah; silver medal in the Bantamweight division. Joseph Commey; silver medal in the Featherweight division.

“This adds up to the earlier bronze won by Joseph Paul Amoah and Wahid Omar in the Men’s 200m race and Light Welterweight division respectfully.”

He further wished Joseph Commey speedy recovery after sustaining an injury during the competition. He finally, reiterated government’s commitment to investing in the sports sector of Ghana.

“I'd also like to take this opportunity to wish Commey a speedy recovery. Government remains committed to increasing investment in our sports ecosystem.”

Minister's post below:

Source: ghananews.hrforum.uk

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