Work has begun in earnest on an office complex for the Ghana Football Association following the official ground breaking ceremony at the project site this morning.

The multi-purpose structure is being funded jointly by the FA and football’s world governing body, FIFA to the tune of 500,000 dollars.

The GFA is channeling $400,000, being the second trunch of the FIFA Goal Project fund into the building with an additional $100,000 from its coffers.

And acting chairman of the GFA, Kwesi Nyantakyi, is confident the money is being deployed judiciously.

Dr Kofi Amoah, a member of the management board of the GFA in his opening address, commended Mr Sampson Kablan, the FIFA Development Officer for West Africa describing him as a true son of Africa and a great friend of Ghana.

He said it was on his watch that Ghana was recommended for the Goal One Project, which today has been transformed into the Ghanaman Centre of Excellence.

Dr Amoah promised that the GFA would continue to work closely with him to make sure that FIFA's effort for Ghana yields fruits and bear the seeds that will help grow the game of soccer across the length and breadth of the country.

Ghana's sports minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo said he is grateful to be part of a ceremony to lay the foundation for the project since it will be significant in the development of sports in the country.

He commended the GFA for the able manner in which it handled the FIFA Goal Project 1, which stimulated the soccer world soccer controlling body to grant them the funds under the Goal Project 2.

Mr Osafo-Maafo said, "Ghana is gradually but surely taking its rightful place among the elites of the game and the qualification to the World Cup is ample proof of how far the nation has come".