The Administrator of the Ghana Sports Fund, Dr. David Kofi Wuaku has challenged sports administrators, federation leaders, and other stakeholders to prioritise the establishment of sustainable institutions rather than systems that depend on the tenure of individual officeholders.

He said Ghana needed a sports development framework capable of delivering results across generations, regardless of changes in leadership within sporting institutions.

Addressing participants at a stakeholder consultation on the Ghana Sports Fund regulations at the Shippers Authority in Accra on Friday, November 13, Dr. Wuaku said the current regulatory process presented an opportunity to establish a lasting foundation for the country’s sports industry.

“Please, as we think about sports development, let’s think about making the future professions and a future system that can live beyond us,” he stated.

He urged participants to recognise that the regulations being developed would have implications beyond their current positions and responsibilities.

According to him, stakeholders must, therefore, contribute ideas that will benefit the wider sporting community rather than focus solely on their immediate institutional interests.

Dr. Wuaku acknowledged concerns that stakeholders were not adequately consulted during the passage of the Ghana Sports Fund Act, 2025 (Act 1159), but said the ongoing consultation provided an opportunity for them to influence the implementation framework.

He stressed that the process should not become a ceremonial exercise dominated by speeches, insisting that every participant had a responsibility to contribute.

The administrator said the regulations must reflect the collective thinking of sports federations, institutions, and other relevant stakeholders.

The Ghana Sports Fund is expected to play a central role in advancing sports development and sport for development, with the legislation also extending its provisions to recreation.

Dr. Wuaku said the country’s sports development agenda must move beyond the approaches of the past and embrace a system capable of supporting long-term progress.

He encouraged stakeholders to take pride in being part of a process that could shape the future of Ghanaian sports.

The consultation is expected to help gather stakeholder inputs to inform the regulations that will guide the implementation of Act 1159.

Dr. Wuaku said the ultimate objective should be to establish a legacy that continues to serve Ghana’s sporting community long after the current crop of leaders has left office.