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CAF counting on Ghana to deliver a
fabulous tourney
Accra, Dec 10, Ghanadot/GNA – The
Confederation of African Football (CAF) is counting on Ghana
to deliver a fabulous African Cup of Nations come January 20
- February 10, 2008.
Slim Aloulou, leader of the continental body’s inspection
team who assessed facilities in Ghana, says CAF was
depending on the country to stage a fine competition and
maintain the standards.
He said 90 percent of works for a successful competition has
been done and encouraged the Ministry of Education, Science
and Sports and the Local Organizing Committer (LOC) to
collaborate to ensure a fine competition.
Mr. Aloulou similarly underscored the need to consider the
remaining 10 percent of work as crucial to the success of
the event and emphasized on the urgency to speed up the
process of producing an unblemished competition.
The inspection team quantified some of the training pitches
at some of the centers still under construction, security
and access roads at Sekondi-Takoradi as the main issues
within the ten percent unresolved hitches.
The CAF Executive Committee Member who expressed great
satisfaction with work done on accommodation, the stadia and
preparations, among other facilities, urged the Ministry to
employ the services of an expert to remedy the deterioration
of some of the grass at the various playing pitches.
“I will encourage you to devote more time to the grass at
the pitches and employ an expert to work on that.”
This is CAF’s last visit to Ghana ahead of the commencement
of the continental flagship event that brings the best 16
teams on one stage.
GNA
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