Kumasi, Ashanti Region, July 7, 2019//-MTN Ghana has handed over a refurbished training pitch to local champions, Kumasi Asante Kotoko at Adako Jachie in Kumasi in the Ashanti regional capital.
The world class natural grass pitch constructed at the cost of GHS524, 000 was constructed by Hartiffan Company over an 11-month period
The pitch has 10 seater technical bench, a perimeter fencing, and a 40, 000 litre water storage facility for irrigation to maintain the freshness and greeness of the park. Having commercial chain link fencing around a property so important like this is great for protection and making sure there are no unwanted visitors getting in.
In his speech to mark the occasion, the Chief Marketing Officer, MTN, Noel Kojo Ganson, said: ” MTN invested a total of GHS524,000 into the entire refurbishment of the pitch which includes rebranding of the venue, re-grassing of the pitch, fencing of the venue, provision of a seating area for the technical team and substitute players.
This investment preceded a previous contribution of GHS375,000 made by the MTN towards the construction of changing rooms and offices for the technical staff of Asante Kotoko in 2011”.
He added that the handing over of the pitch highlights MTN’s commitment to brighten the lives of Ghanaians of all touch points in the country.
The event marks a significant milestone in the mutual effort towards the development of football in Ghana, Mr Ganson said.
”I will urge the management and team of Asante Kotoko to make the best of this pitch. We believe this will empower the technical team, motivate the players and mobilize the support of the fan base to enable the club grow from strength to strength” he stated.
Touching on MTN’s gesture, George Amoako, the Chief Executive of Kumasi Asante Kotoko expressed the club’s gratitude to the Life Patron and Owner, His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu, the Asantehene, past management members and the Adako Jachiehene for their generosity, and long sightedness in the procurement and establishment of the field.
He was full of praise to MTN for their wonderful partnership which has contributed to the success of the club
”I say this because if Kotoko has been successful for the past nine years then its success story cannot be told without paying tribute to its dependable and consistent headline Sponsor, Scancom Ghana Limited (MTN) for its relentless financial support to Asante Kotoko Sporting Club.
He espoused the club’s vision to turn the Adako Jachie training grounds into a ” Kotoko Village ” but noted that this could not be possible without the addition and provision of other facilities
Mr Amoako named some of the facilities as residential apartments, dressing rooms and office complex amongst others and passionately I appealed to MTN to consider assisting with this infrastructural projects
” I wish to assure MTN that on our part with the largest followers in the country, we shall continue to promote, patronize and enjoy your goods and services. We have never regretted our partnership with u and it is our prayer that it grows bigger and better, he emphasized
Representing the Asantehene, Ayeduasehe Nana Opoku Agyeman III urged MTN to make the work complete by heeding to the consultant’s advice by constructing a washroom, and changing rooms for the facility.
The consultant of the project, Charles Koomson of Multi Build Limited, said the pitch remains one of the best in the country but could still be improved to any level with the building of changing rooms, installation of floodlights, as well as the signing of a maintenance contract with experts to prolong the durability of the pitch.
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