NSA boss sets records straight

The Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Prof. Peter Twumasi, has stated that a recent statement attributed to him over the resumption of football activities in the country is erroneous.

The NSA and Youth Employment Agency (YEA) last Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support sportsmen and women with a financial package for the next six months.

Correction

Prof. Twumasi, after signing the agreement, mistakenly said football was part of sporting activities cleared to resume by the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS).

But a statement issued and signed by Mr Charles Obeng Amofah, the Head of Public Relations, said, "Prof. Twumasi was enumerating the 20 individual non-contact sporting disciplines that have been cleared to resume training by the MOYS and how beneficial the package would be for the teeming sportsmen and women during this period of COVID-19 pandemic.

"The mention of football among the list of 20 cleared individual non-contact sports to train was an oversight and we sincerely apologise for the error.

"In this regard, we are using this medium to retract part of the statement made and entreat all media partners to correct this error," the statement explained.