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Prez. Kufuor to address AU Sports Ministers Conference
Accra, Sept 25, Ghanadot/GNA – President John Agyekum Kufour
is to be the Special Guest of Honour and expected to deliver
a keynote address at the Second Session of the Africa Union
Conference of Ministers of Sports slated for the Accra
International Conference Centre from Friday, October 10 to
Tuesday, October 14.
The event is the second after the re-formation of the Africa
Union and comes to Ghana in recognition of the invaluable
contributions that the nation has made over the years
towards Africa’s socio-economic development.
It is also in the wake of the successful hosting of the 26th
CAN football tournament which this year positioned Ghana in
Africa and the world’s view and raised the image of Africa’s
organization of sports worldwide.
The five-day event under the theme “Harmonizing and
Coordinating Sport Policies for Sustainable Development”,
the conference will deliberate on issues including Draft
Sports Policy framework for Africa and the 2010 FIFA World
Cup Africa Legacy Project.
Ghana already holds the chairmanship of both the AU
Conference of Ministers of Sports (Osei Bonsu Amoah, Deputy
Minister of Education, Science and Sports) and the Bureau of
Experts of the AU Conference of Ministers of Sport.
Dr Emmanuel Owusu-Ansah, Director of Sports Development at
the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports in a release
copied to GNA Sports mentioned the Report on the
Restructuring of the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA)
and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the relations
between Governments, National Sports Movements and
International Sports Organization as other relevant issues
penciled for discussion.
He said among events scheduled to run alongside the
Conference are the Sports-for-Development Clinic for about
500 children between the ages of 12 and 16 as well as an
exhibition for manufacturers and producers of sports goods
and services, sports medicine and sports events management
organizations at the venue of the conference.
The sport clinic has been fixed for the Ohene Djan Stadium
on the morning of Sunday, October 12 at the Ohene Djan
Stadium with the exhibition billed for the venue of the
event.
The event is the second after the re-formation of the Africa
Union in 2002.
GNA
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