Kofi Adams, the Minister for Sports and Recreation, has announced plans for a 50,000-capacity stadium at the Borteyman Sports Complex.
According to him, the Mahama government plans to turn the facility into a modern sports city of international standards.
Kofi Adams noted the infrastructural challenges confronting Ghana’s sports sector, adding that the Mahama government is committed to upgrading facilities to international standards.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, Mr. Adams explained, “We are looking to have a new stadium of that size around our Borteyman Sports Complex. Because we want to elevate that whole space into a sports city or village so that international clubs can come and camp and train there.
“With such a facility, we will also add accommodation. When this is done, in the future, you will not see accommodation for the Black Stars on the national budget. But we are working on a PPP arrangement,” he explained.
Kofi Adams added, “We want to do a minimum of 50,000 in the Borteyman space, and we should be able to finish it before 2028,” he said.
Kofi Adams, in the same interview, noted that Sports can deliver more with proper investment.
He highlighted that sports, when properly managed, could deliver economic and social benefits that few other sectors can provide.
He argued that Morocco and South Africa are two African nations reaping major benefits from prioritising sports.
Kofi Adams explained, “Sports is a very promising sector. If handled and done well, it will be a huge lift for our country. Around the world, many countries have chosen to invest heavily in sports because it has achieved results that many other initiatives could not”.
“One thing about sports is that we are dealing with talent. So long as we continue to procreate, there will always be people with unique talents. That’s why investment in sports is never wrong. It is one sector that has shown consistent growth. While the returns may not come immediately, sports take a lot of stress off the government and the population,” he added.
Meanwhile, some irate Ghanaian football supporters during the Black Stars’ game with Mali bemoaned the deplorable state of the Accra Sports Stadium.
The irate Black Star fans lamented as they were met with dusty seats despite paying for tickets to attend the World Cup Qualifier Match between Ghana and Mali.
In the viral video, the seat at the Accra Sports Stadium looked in a deplorable state, some broken and very dusty.
One angry Ghanaian fan in the viral video stated, “Look, I have to place something on the seat to be able to sit on it, look at the way the seat is dusty, this morning they should have gotten some people to clean them, I am sitting in this dirt with this sister after paying money for a ticket. When you travel abroad, you will not see this.
We have to do something right”, the netizen added.
Another added, “ A nation that plays ball, look at the seats, Ghana’s stadium is not fine. Ghana has developed more than Mali, but look at this, they will go and talk badly about us”.
Ghana, in recent years, have struggled with maintaining its sporting facilities, with many facilities being left to rot in a deplorable state without any maintenance.
It will be recalled that CAF had earlier placed a ban on Ghana from playing any of its AFCON qualifiers games in the country after the Baba Yara Stadium’s license to host category C games was suspended due to its substandard playing surface.
This led to the GFA and NSA working on the Accra Sports Stadium pitch to meet CAF approval to host Ghana’s AFCON qualifier between Ghana and Sudan.