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NSA assures of meeting 8 conditions outlined by CAF before Ghana vs Nigeria tie

By Vincent Ashitey
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Director-General of the National Sports Authority, NSA in the Ashanti region has promised to satisfy all of the CAF requirements ahead of the Black Stars World Cup qualifier against Nigeria at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.

CAF has granted a one-match approval for the Baba Stadium to host the World Cup qualifier after a CAF Licensing Inspector inspected the facility last Sunday.

After the inspection, it has been confirmed the facility can host Ghana vs Nigeria World Cup qualifier on March 25 if certain conditions are met.

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And Acting Ashanti Regional Director of the NSA Emmanuel Kojo Appiah has given assurances the Baba Yara Stadium will be ready for the Ghana vs Nigeria qualifier.

 

“NSA has always been on top of events and surely NSA Ashanti, headquarters and all the stakeholders I think, by the time the match is supposed to be played, everything will be in place, for that one is an assurance,” he said.

“We have always been working here and it’s not going to be different, only that, we will only up our game and I know we will get there.”

The Ashanti Regional Director of NSA also disclosed the activities that will be undertaken at the facility between now and the day of the match.

“For the dressing rooms, we don’t have issues there, we have the pitch and the pitch as you can see, we did a little bit of work on it yesterday and today, it was around 3.5mm, now we cut it to 2.5mm.

“Tomorrow, we will even put some more works on it and then we apply our normal fertilizer just as we have been doing so by next week, Tuesday or Wednesday, it should be ready so by Friday, it should be excellent for the match,” he added.

Below are the 8 conditions outlined by CAF.

  1. Installation of new international standard, modern and comfortable officials’ benches at pitch level;
  2. Adjustment of the floodlight intensity. A minimum of 1200 Lux should be provided all over the pitch, covering uniformly every area of the playing field;
  3. Increase seating and lockers in the teams dressing rooms to reach (25) persons;
  4. Installation of completely new modern equipment and materials in the referees dressing rooms and ensure that is equipped with all the necessary materials and CAF requirements;
  5. Set up the water system to provide both cold and hot water in the teams and officials dressing room;
  6. General refurbishment of the CAF office, installation of modern desks and seats, including the necessary electronic and working equipment;
  7. VOC must be available and equipped with all the necessary equipment and requirements;
  8. Complete refurbishment of the media tribune, press conference room and media centre, installing new and modern equipment.
  9. In order to follow the progress of the above-mentioned works in the stadium, CAF will designate a stadium inspector to conduct an onsite assessment up till the day of the upcoming FIFA match.