The National Sports Authority (NSA) has inaugurated a five-member Resource Mobilisation and Partnership Committee charged with diversifying the Authority’s revenue streams beyond traditional government funding.
The committee is chaired by Samson Deen, with Yaw Ampofo Ankrah, also the NSA’s Director General, serving as Co Chairman. The other members are Hajia Zenabu Sulemana, Alhaji Mutawakilu Iddrisu and Mavis Ekua Enyamah Kwainoe, who doubles as Member and Secretary.
Speaking at the inauguration, NSA Board Chairman, Dr Fred Awaah, said the Authority would be run on what he termed “seven M’s” of modern management practice, and tasked the new committee with acting on each.
He listed men, meaning the scouting of suitable talent across all sporting disciplines, along with materials, money, methods, environment and moments, which he described as identifying and developing athletes at the appropriate age.
On funding, Dr Awaah said the NSA could not pursue “any meaningful sports agenda or research” without adequate finance and said the committee would be responsible for securing resources to run both the Authority and Ghana’s 58 sports federations and associations.
He also raised concerns about the state of sporting infrastructure, citing unnamed venues he described as “sakora parks,” ungrassed pitches he said were unsuitable for competitive play, as an example of the environmental shortcomings the committee should address.
Dr Awaah said the committee’s formation followed a resolution passed at the NSA governing board’s second quarterly session, and urged members to treat their terms of reference as “a clear blueprint to drive aggressive partnership outreach, ensure fiscal sustainability and embed absolute transparency into resource management.”
Accepting the appointment on behalf of the committee, Chairman Samson Deen said the mandate was “not ceremonial” but “a call to action and responsibility to produce measurable results for Ghanaian sport.”
