{"id":2453,"date":"2023-01-27T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/?p=2453"},"modified":"2023-05-12T23:56:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T23:56:19","slug":"tema-meridian-cruyff-court-inaugurated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/tema-meridian-cruyff-court-inaugurated\/","title":{"rendered":"Tema Meridian Cruyff Court Inaugurated."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was all joy Friday morning 27th January 2023, when the Mayor of Tema, Hon. Yohane Amarh Ashitey hosted Hon. 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It provides a perfect ambiance for professionals to unearth soccer talents. It is therefore the Mayor&#8217;s vision that this facility will serve the Oninku Cluster of Schools as well as the adjoining Community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials from the Cruyff Foundation were in the Country to train sixteen (16) local Coaches ahead of today&#8217;s ceremony. The Coaches were selected from the Community and the beneficiary schools. [27<sup>TH<\/sup> JANUARY 2023]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was all joy Friday morning 27th January 2023, when the Mayor of Tema, Hon. Yohane Amarh Ashitey hosted Hon. Yusuf Mustapha, Minister of Youth and Sports at a colourful ceremony to formally commission the first ever Cruyff Court (Ultra modern soccer pitch) to be constructed in Sub Saharan Africa, outside South Africa. 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