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The National Sports Authority (NSA) have reacted to a comment made by its Director-General Professor Peter Twumasi that government has eased restrictions on all contact sports.
Sporting activities in Ghana has been suspended since March, 2020 after a ban was placed on public gatherings by the government as a way to mitigate the spread of the novel Coronavirus.
But Professor Peter Twumasi in an interview on Accra-based Atinka FM made a comment that, President Akufo-Addo has eased restrictions on contact sports like football, athletics and boxing and so therefore clubs, athletes and boxers can resume training but can’t engage in any competitive events.
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This brought some sort of wranglings in the media space since Ghanaian clubs will only have to train for the next league season because the 2019/20 league season has been cancelled by the Ghana FA.
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But in a statement signed by the acting Head of Public Relations Charles Amofa, the NSA has urged Ghanaians to treat the initial comment by its Director-General as an error because all contact sports including football remain suspended by the government’s directives.
Read the statement below
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