Professor Peter Twumasi, the Director-General of the National Sports Authority, has stated that revenue made from musical shows at stadia would be used to fix damaged pitches.
The NSA boss has come under extreme scrutiny in recent times after he, without consulting the Minister of Sports, decided to close the Accra Sports Stadium for musical concerts.
During an appearance before the Public Accounts Committee on Monday at Parliament House, Prof. Twumasi made a bold defense of his decision, as he claimed the revenue would be used to restore damaged pitches.
“The calculations that we have done with the various events which have a certain component which we call the pitch insurance cover is able to restore. I think if you remember, before we shifted our sporting activities to other stadia we had made mention of this to all stakeholders that in December, it will be used for other events that are not sporting. And the revenue for it should be able to recover entirely everything,” Prof. Twumasi said.
