Wilson Arthur
The stage is set for
the maiden Western Regional Sport Committee (WRSC) workshop scheduled for this
Friday in Sekondi, Wilson Arthur, chairman of the committee has said.
Themed ‘Awakening the
sport economy of Western Region’, the colloquium
seeks to steer sports development I the
region.
It also seeks to roll
out a five-year sports development plan that would be crafted to achieve the vision of making Western
Region the best sports region in Ghana.
Experienced
Marketing and sports consultant, Magnus Rex Danquah is expected to deliver the keynote address and would
be chaired by Nana Kohima Nketsia V with
Hon Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah as host.
Arthur, who is also the
Wasa East DCE said in an interview “We
will be the first region to
operationalize 2016 Sports Act 934 fully
“What we need
most is to assume responsibility of making our sports work rather than waiting
for help, expecting help and complaining for help.’’
He added “We got Essipon Stadium in 2008 and have
allowed this investment to rot. Now we need more government resources to fix it
and sit aloof again for it to rot. We need interventions and credibility to
attract resources and opportunities to develop our sports economy.
“I’m leaning heavily
on my experiences of brokering sponsorship for Kotoko (current running MTN deal
was my work as well as the GN Bank DOL sponsorship). I’m doing all possible to
impact. Identity creatives are in place now.
“We hope we would
operationalize the 45 rooms hotel rooms available at Essipon Stadium and also
the Restaurant, Sports Wellness place and Clinic, Sports Training school of
excellence to produce the coaches and referees for the districts and Ghana and
beyond, an event management company to help bring back fans to the stadium et
al.”
The Six Subcommittees
are Enhancing Sport Professionalism and Career Counseling, Technical
Development and Distict Sport organization, Schools and Colleges Sports, Sport
Business development , Infrastructure Development and Management
Services and Regional Sport
Organization and Financing.
Arthur
is also the bankroller of Mighty Royals
now rebranded as Skyy FC. He scouted
across Districts for best talents that qualified the team to Division One in
record one season, remaining unbeaten throughout the campaign.
He has succeeded in building a standard mini stadium with FIFA standard grass pitch, fenced with changing rooms and 500 seater VIP stand and 500 seater popular stand.
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