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The Director-General of the National Sports Authority, Robert Sarfo Mensah, said no official directive was given to reserve the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi for funerals.<\/p>\n
Mr. Sarfo Mensah however admitted that, some unofficial discussions had taken place on the matter and that the Authority had considered the move.<\/p>\n
Poorly maintained Baba Yara stadium fast deteriorating<\/strong><\/p>\n These developments came on the back of Citi News<\/strong> report exposing how sections of the stadium have almost been turned into a dump site with broken seats and stained bathrooms combining to give the stadium a generally repulsive smell.<\/p>\n It is currently Ghana\u2019s largest stadium with a seating capacity\u00a0of 40,528.<\/p>\n However, its current state is one of a terribly maintained facility that lacks the capacity to be described as a standard sporting facility.<\/p>\n The stadium was originally built by the\u00a0United African Company\u00a0(UAC) in 1957, and inaugurated as a designated football pitch in 1959.<\/p>\n Its stands were constructed in 1971 before the entire stadium was rebuilt in 1977. In 2004 under President John Agyekum Kufuor, it was renamed after Kumasi-born footballer, Baba Yara.<\/p>\n The last major work on the facility was in 2008 ahead of Ghana\u2019s hosting of the CAN 2008 tournament.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Bobbie Osei\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ashanti Regional Director of the National Sports Authority, Joshua Mensah, is expected to appear before the Minister of Youth and Sports in Accra today [Monday]. This follows his comments indicating that the Baba Yara Stadium was to be closed to sporting activities on Saturdays, to make way for funerals and other social activities. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":382674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[6307,3,6368,16826],"yoast_head":"\n