Commonwealth Games: Bawumia commends Ghana’s team for sterling performance
The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has assured government will continue to invest in sports to yield the needed results.
Ghana presented 100 athletes to participate in 13 different competitions, and after 10 days of participating in the games, the country recorded 5 medals, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals.
In a Facebook post, Bawumia said, “Congratulations to all Ghanaian athletes who have made our dear nation proud at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.”
“Kudos to Abraham Mensah (silver medal, boxing bantamweight division), Joseph Commey (silver medal, boxing featherweight division), Joseph Paul Amoah (bronze medal, 200 meters), Deborah Acquah (bronze medal (women’s long jump) and Wahid Omar (bronze medal, boxing light welterweight division). “
“I also extend my congratulations to young Roger Haun “Manboora” III for winning two medals at the 2022 Unicycling World Championship in France.”
“Our relative success at the Commonwealth Games is further proof that investing and planning are the ways to go, and government, together with all stakeholders, will continue to put in more, to ensure that that we realise our potentials in the sports industry, both on and off the pitch,” Dr Bawumia remarked.
