FIFA Development Officer in Charge of West Africa, Sampon Kablan says Ghana meets all the conditions to pursue the next phase of infrastructural development, the Fifa Goal IV project.
The Ghana Football Association today commissioned a newly built multi-purpose dining and conference facility plus kitchen funded from the Fifa Goal III project on a 784sqm area.
According to the Development Officer, the Ghana Football Association through prudent management and commitment to the realisation of targets has enhanced the image of the game as other nations look to the Ghana blueprint.
"The next thing is the Goal IV project. And why not, the GFA has shown through the successful work on all the other projects that it can apply for more.
"All the conditions are set for Ghana to do the Goal IV which is an academy for the game. It's just a matter of the FA providing its quota to convince FIFA that of their commitment to development," Sampon Kablan told www.ghanafa.org.
“Many countries are looking at Ghana and we are satisfied that the game is indeed growing at a fast pace. We also think the management practices is a key factor in all this.”
Ghana has in recent years made important strides in the sport at all levels and Kablan says it's worthy to note that the role of FIFA has contributing to the development of the game in the country.
"The results over the past years is encouraging and we are delighted that the facilities have aided their success.
"Ghana's utilization of this facilities is good news. All the national teams with the exception of the senior male team use the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence. It is our hope that more work would be done to make the Centre what the masterplan seeks to have.
The FA complemented the funding for the new project which cost $425,000 and was constructed by Civicom Ghana Ltd, a local company with Pro-Ark Limited acting as Project Consultants.
Through large Fifa financial support over the years, Ghana has been developing its technical centre in Prampram on a 100 acre land. The FA hopes to complete the masterplan to ease the huge financial commitments expended on the use of other facilities for national assignments.
The first phase of the centre at Prampram was built through Goal I Project whiles the money for Goal II Project was invested in the House of Football - the headquarters of the Ghana Football Association in Accra - and the Tema artificial pitch.
Fifa Goal Project is aimed at bridging the gap between the developed and advanced European countries and the under developed nations in Africa, Asia and South America to bring parity.