Workshop on future soccer stars opened

Mr Kwame Adomah, Acting National Co-ordinator of the National Youth Council (NYC) has called on the youth to abstain from indiscriminate sex to avoid contracting HIV/AIDS so they can live longer.

Mr Adomah made the call at the opening of a three-day workshop on future soccer stars in Accra on Monday.

About 50 colts players drawn from clubs in the Greater Accra Region are attending the workshop. It is being organised by Talent and Manpower Development Agency and Transit Sports (TAMDA) in collaboration with the National Youth Council.

Former soccer stars, Mohammed Polo, Rev. Osei Kofi, Alhaji Dodoo Ankrah and Mr Alex Bamfo of the Ghana Social Marketing Foundation are the Resource persons.

The workshop, with the theme "harnessing talent for tomorrow's use", is aimed at improving soccer skills and game management, unearthing talents and to encourage them to take up the sport, as a profession worth undertaking.

Mr Adomah said the nation's future rests with the youth and most importantly how they are nurtured to live meaningful lives.

"That is why we of the NYC decided to assist the TAMDA to run this workshop for our young footballers to enable them to achieve excellence in their chosen field", he stressed.

Nana Ntiri Dankyi, Executive Member of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) who chaired the function, said Ghana's inability to qualify for the World Cup is due to bad planning.

He expressed the hope that with the idea of "catching them young" Ghana will regain her lost glory in football.