The Minister for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif on Friday 17th September, 2021 inspected works at the refurbished Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

He was accompanied by the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah and some other dignitaries.

The facility was closed down in February 2019 for major repair works as it had not undergone any since it was rebuilt for CAN 2008.

It is the home venue for Kumasi Asante Kotoko, King Faisal and some lower tier sides in Kumasi but have been deprived of the facility the last two seasons due to the repair works.

Present at the inspection was the Chief Executive Officer of Kotoko, Nana Yaw Amponsah and the club's Communications and Brand manager David Obeng Nyarko

Also, King Faisal FC Chief Executive Officer Anwar Sadat also graced the Sports Minister's visit to the facility.

The Sports Minister declared that he is satisfied with the work done by the contractors and outlined his government's efforts in improving sports infrastructure in the country.

“We must laud His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his immense contribution to the growth of Sports across the country. It is a remarkable feat under his administration where there are over 70 astroturfs and 10 Youth resource centres nationwide,” Ussif told reporters at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

“We are satisfied with the work the contractors has done. The facility will be commissioned in few weeks for the various clubs in the Ashanti Region to use it as their home venue in the upcoming season.

“The Stadium is now in a good shape with ultra-modern floodlights and other facilities which gives clubs like Asante Kotoko, King Faisal and other Division One League teams the green light to play their home matches.

He also appealed to spectators to be watchdogs of the facility in any game and also assured of a maintenance manual to avoid its deterioration.