[ 2016-08-09 ]

Members of Team Ghana at the opening ceremony

Ghana to spend $750,000 on Olympic contingent
Ghana’s participation in the ongoing 31st
Olympics is said to be hovering around $750,000
after initial estimates had pegged it at
$650,000.

According to the Minister of Youth and Sports,
Nii Lante Vanderpuye the full cost involved in
catering for the nation’s contingent at the
games including the bonuses and other allowances
amount to nearly $750,000.

Sixteen athletes are in Brazil’s city of Rio de
Janiero for the games.

They include Beatrice Gyaman (4 X 100 metres)
Emmanuel Dasor (200 metres), Gemma Acheampong (4 x
100 metres), Flings Owusu-Agyapong (4x100 metres
and 100 metres ), Sean Sarfo-Antwi (100 metres)
,John Ampomah (Javelin), Alex Amankwah (800metres)
and Janet Amponsah (200 metres and 4 x 100m)

The rest are Dorcas Gyimah (4 x100metres) Abeiku
Gyekye Jackson (50metres freestyle), Abdul Omar
Wahid (boxing , bantamweight), Szandra Szogedi (
judo, 63 kilogramme), Kaya Adwoa Forson (200
metres freestyle) ands Christian Amoah (85
kilogramme).

He disclosed that apart from the $120,000
sponsorship package offered by the Ghana National
Petroleum Corporation(GNPC), the biggest support
for Ghana’s Olympic contingent so far, other
corporate organisations were responding positively
in that direction.

“We are positive that a considerable part of
the cost of Ghana’s participation to this
year’s Olympics will come from our corporate
organisations.

However, he said the government within the
current constraints would shoulder the rest of the
burden.

Earlier the Chef de Mission of Ghana for the
Games, Chris Essilfie, indicated that athletes who
won gold would be rewarded with $10,000, $7,000
and $5,000 respectively going to silver and bronze
medallists.

Source - Graphic Online

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