NPP's Akuffo-Addo to focus on juvenile sports as President of Ghana

Posted On Thursday, 1st November 2012

NPP flagbearer Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo

Nana Akuffo-Addo says he will focus on juvenile sports football development when he becomes President of Ghana.

The 68-year-old is contesting the December 7 general elections on the ticket of the opposition New Patriotic Party.

Akuffo Addo played active football during his teenage years in the Real Republicans team alongside Jones Attuquayfio, Addo Odamettey, Frank Oddoi and Edward Boateng.

Ghana is currently enjoying a good spell in football especially with the Black Stars mainly due to some solid work done at juvenile level some years back.

And Nana Addo reckons, the nation will see more success under his Presidency with the entrenchment of this juvenile policy especially in the schools where he has made a pledge to make Secondary School education free.

“I benefitted somewhat from school sports during my active days,” he told Accra-based Happy FM.

“We need to uplift the school sports. If you look at the countries that have excelled in sports or football, they laid a lot of emphasis on school sports.

“The facilities were made available in the schools to develop the talents and thatis how it begins.

“We need to do same here to improve our sports and that is what I intend focusing more on upgrading the school sports, it’s the one surest way of excelling in that sector.”

Akuffo-Addo was also a national squash champion in the mid 70’s.

He lost to Prof. Atta-Mills in his first attempt to become President in 2008.

He will however be coming up against the likes of incumbent President John Mahama, Abu Sakara, Hassan Ayariga and Paa Kwesi Ndoum in the December polls.

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Kwesi says:

November 1, 2012 at 10:37 am

This man has brought his politics here too? He should leave football out of politics. At least this is the only sector of the country where we can enjoy without any NDC NPP bal-da-dash. He should give us a break. He is making too many promises out of desperation. How can you claim glory for our success in sports ? He was just a below average player.

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ABACHA says:

November 1, 2012 at 11:07 am

NANA PLS LEAVE OUR SPORT ALONE,YOU WERE IN THE KUFFOURS ADMINISTRATION WHAT DID YOU DO TO HELP THE SPORT PERSONALITIES IN GHANA.ACCRA SPORT STADIUM USE TO HAVE TRACK AND FIELD AND DURING MY SCHOOL DAYS IN ACCRA ACADAMY,WE USE TO ENJOY THE INTER CO AND SUPER ZONAL SPORT COMPETITION AT ACCRA SPORT STADIUM BUT DURING YOUR ERA WITH KUFFOURS ADMINISTRATION YOU GUYS CHOOSE TO EXCLUDE THE TRACK AND FIELD WHEN RENOVATING THE STADIUM.YOU ARE VERY DESPERATE TO WIN POWER WITH A WHOLE LOT OF PROMISES BUT PLEASE I DONT THINK YOU CAN PROMISE EVER SO DETERMINE GHANAINS SPORT PERSONALITIES.WE DONT WANT POLITICS OF PROMISES BY RAISING THEIR HOPE AND WHEN YOU ARE ELECTED YOU GUYS WOULD BE BUILDING HOTEL WAWA.ENOUGH OF NPP AND THEIR CHRONIC PROMISES.WE ALL READY KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS CAN DO.

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Floating voter says:

November 1, 2012 at 12:29 pm

Please leave our football out of your dirty politics. Politicians are lairs!! Watch this video;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5t5KZS3ogs

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Ghanas Son says:

November 1, 2012 at 12:39 pm

Stay out of our football. Politicians are liers, watch the video below…
youtube.com/watch?v=B5t5KZS3ogs

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Mojahadine says:

November 2, 2012 at 4:31 am

This goof ball needs to take his politics somewhere. No competent President of a country should be focusing on juvenile sports. He needs to focus on lifting the standard of living of Ghanaians, curve corruption and improve education, if and I say if he does win.

With that said we don’t want to see his stories at GSN.

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