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| Professor Peter Twumasi, National Sports Authority Director General. |
The National Sports Authority (NSA), according to Director General
Professor Peter Twumasi, would accept any suggestions for naming a national
sports facility after Brazilian football great Pelé.
Following Pelé's passing, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said
that all member nations will be asked to rename a stadium in Pelé's honour,
with Cape Verde becoming the first to do so.
Prof. Twumasi stated it is possible to have a national sports
facility named after the football hero and that they are open to all types of
agreements with the right parties to make this happen in an interview with GNA
Sports.
“The call by Infantino for nations to name a stadium in
recognition of the football king, Pelé, is something many nations always do to
honour their hero. For me, it is a good motivation for young players who aspire
to reach the pinnacle of football and also serves as a magnet to unite people
around the world.
“There are procedures to be followed in the renaming of the
stadium and as we did with the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi, and we are
willing to engage appropriate stakeholders to make this happen, especially
given the vast number of unnamed new sporting facilities in the country,” he
said.
The processes for naming our sporting facilities after several national
icons who helped shape different sports disciplines have even been initiated,
according to Professor Twumasi.
“There are talks ongoing about naming some facilities after some
heroes and institutions that have contributed to the development of sports.
There are numerous proposals with the Ministry of Youth and Sports to make this
happen, and hopefully, it can be done in the near future,” he said.
When approached, the Ghana Football Association said that they had
not yet received any formal request from FIFA to rename a stadium in Pelé's
honour.
Source: ghananews.hrforum.uk
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