The Paramount Queenmother of the Sunyani Traditional Area, Nana Akosua Duaa Asor Sika Brayie II, has visited the Sunyani Coronation Park to inspect ongoing renovation works.
Accompanied by some sub-queenmothers and members of the Sunyani Traditional Council, the Queenmother was taken round the facility by Mr. Foster Kwame Opoku Boakye, Acting Bono Regional Director of the National Sports Authority (NSA).
Among the places inspected were the football pitch and the new dressing room under construction, which has a Match Commissioner’s room, Referees’ room, medical teams and security rooms, and dressing rooms for the players.
Briefing on the ongoing activities at the facility, Mr. Boakye told the Queenmother that the work required an estimated GH¢60,000.00 for green grassing, sprinklers and other field works to put the football pitch into good shape. Nana Brayie II gave an assurance that the Traditional Council would endeavour to give support for the work to be completed on schedule.
The Sunyani Coronation Park is currently being given a facelift ahead of the beginning of the next Ghana Premier League season, as it would serve as the venue for the matches of Bofoakwa Tano Football Club, which announced its comeback into the league a few weeks ago.
Major works on the pitch itself include the removal of weeds, covering the pitch with topsoil, levelling and re-grassing.
Besides, a new Dressing Room is being built with ancillary facilities to meet the minimum standards of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
In a related development, the Deputy Attorney-General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has assisted the ongoing renovation works at the Sunyani Coronation Park with GH¢20,000, with a promise to galvanise additional support toward the timely completion of the works.
The Deputy Attorney-General was at Coronation Park to ascertain for himself the progress of works to make the pitch ready ahead of the next Premier League season.
He commended the Bono Regional office of the National Sports Authority for its efforts at making the park suitable for football matches.
“I decided to come here today to see for myself the ongoing renovation works here at the Coronation Park. I got to know that because Bofoakwa Tano has been promoted to the Premier League, there is the need for us to upgrade this field… I’m also told that there is the need for a new Dressing Room so I came to inspect progress of work and contribute my widow’s mite towards the project,” Mr. Tuah-Yeboah told the media in Sunyani in an interview after his visit.
“Actually, this park does not merit Sunyani. Sunyani needs to have a stadium; a properly built stadium; and I know that something would be done about it. Initially, there was an issue about land, but I’m told it’s being resolved,” he also said.
He further called on other individuals, corporate bodies, and football enthusiasts to come to the aid of Bofoakwa Tano, adding, “we will not sit down for Bofoakwa Tano to go back to Division One next year. Bofo has come to stay, and we must support Bofo to remain in the League.”
