Stadium will galvanize New Edubiase — Yakubu
The President of New Edubiase United, Yakubu Abdul Saleem, has described the government’s decision to build a stadium at New Edubiase as a positive sign to boost sports and accelerate socio-economic development at the community and its environment.
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He said beside motivating players and technical handlers of the club to excell in the Premier League due to the massive home support in their league matches, “the entire community at New Edubiase and its environs stand to gain from the stadium. This is because it will induce the youth interested in football to nurture and develop their potentials very well and also promote the businesses of small scale industrialists in and around New Edubiase”.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic in a telephone interview, Abdul Saleem commended the government for the initiative and appealed to the contractors to speed up constructional works to be able to finish the project on time.
He also commended the chief of New Edubiase for releasing a large track of land for the construction of the stadium and gave an assurance of their unflinching support for the successful completion of the project.
He said the drawings of the stadium with an initial capacity of 5,000 spectators had been completed and constructional works had started already.
“The stadium has two football pitches-an astro turf and a green grass- as well as a hospital, club house and a restaurant among other facilities. It has 5,000 capacity but it will eventually be upgraded to a 15, 000 capacity”, he noted.
On the benefits of the stadium to the club, he said it would not only reduce expenditure of playing home matches at the Obuasi Len Clay stadium, but would afford their massive fans opportunity to watch their idol club without travelling long distance.
That, he said, would increase the financial position of the club to make it more formidable to win trophies in the elite division.
