The Minister for Finance,Hon Ken Ofori-Attah, revealed during the 2018 Budget statement to Parliament that government will transform the National Sports College into a Centre of Excellence following the institutions current poor state.
The National Sports College (NSC, Winneba) was established by the erstwhile PNDC Government in 1984 under S.M.C. Decree No.54, 1976.
At the time of its establishment, Ghana’s performance in sports at the international level was experiencing a downward slide as a result of the exodus of the sectors technical and human resource for greener pastures.
The College accordingly was charged with the responsibility of training and re-training the country’s technical and human resource in the Sports sector to fill the vacancies created by the exodus of our trained and skilled officials to sustain the development and promotion of Sports in Ghana.
According to the minister, government Will ensure the Sports institution be “transformed into a center of Excellence”.
He noted measures have been put in place to undertake this project which will help develop Sports in the country.
A portion of the budget allocated to Sports is expected to go to authorities in charge of the College which will be used to modernize the institution.
The National Sports College which has unearthed National stars ,previously camped the various Athletes in the country.