Ghana's National Sports Authority (NSA) wants to engage in Public Private Partnership for its major sports facilities.
The state-owned structures have, for years, been bleeding the state of resources despite mounting critique that they are too expensive for the tax-payer.
Reacting to media reports that broke out over intentions to invite the private sector in the management of the facilities, Public Relations Officer of the NSA, Fredericka Mensah-Davies, has revealed that partnerships will only be agreed with organisations that have a proper track record in handling such facilities.
"The decision is based on the recommendations made by the eminent football personalities, the NSA wrote to us and we gave our approval. The NSA will be in the best position to give details about the timelines but it is all subject to cabinet approval."
Media reports had suggested that interested private partners would be invited to submit bids on partnering the NSA to manage the Accra Sports Stadium, Theodosia Okoh Hockey Pitch and the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
That issue seems to have generated controversy among the sporting populace with rumours of an outright sale of the three facilities rife.
According to Mensah-Davies, the move has been necessitated by the body's inability to generate funds to properly maintain all the facilities under their jurisdiction.
"It is not privatisation of the whole stadia but rather a public private partnership that will see us give out the facilities to a private purse to manage.
"On pilot basis, we are going to use the Accra Sports stadium and the Baba Yara stadium.
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