{"id":11224,"date":"2025-01-22T08:28:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T08:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=11224"},"modified":"2025-01-22T08:28:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T08:28:39","slug":"kofi-adams-nominated-as-next-minister-of-sports-and-recreation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=11224","title":{"rendered":"Kofi Adams Nominated as Next Minister of Sports and Recreation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"973\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/01\/kofi-adams-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/01\/kofi-adams-1.jpg 973w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/01\/kofi-adams-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/01\/kofi-adams-1-768x436.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>President John Mahama has nominated Kofi Adams, Member of Parliament for Buem Constituency, as the new Minister of Sports and Recreation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nomination was part of the third batch of Ministerial appointments submitted for parliamentary approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adams, who will undergo vetting before officially assuming office, replaces Mustafa Ussif, who served as Sports Minister under the previous administration of President Nana Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 49, Adams holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology with a focus on the Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases. He brings extensive experience in education and politics to the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a previous interview with GhOne TV, Adams expressed his readiness to take on the position, stating, &#8220;I will gladly accept the Sports Minister position if appointed. Let\u2019s return to grassroots sports and implement it effectively.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s return to grassroot sports and implement it effectively.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Minister, Adams is expected to address key issues in the sports sector, including improving sports infrastructure, securing better funding for national teams, and enhancing Ghana&#8217;s performance in major tournaments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Mahama has nominated Kofi Adams, Member of Parliament for Buem Constituency, as the new Minister of Sports and Recreation. The nomination was part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11226,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11224\/revisions\/11226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}