By Ameenu Shardow
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Ghanaââ¬â¢s Right to Dream Academy have signed a partnership agreement worth $750,000 with oil company, Tullow Ghana Limited.
The new partnership agreement will sees the Akrade-based football academy secure $250,000 in annual financial support from Tullow for the next three years.
The oil company will also be helping develop infrastructure at the academy widely regarded as Ghanaââ¬â¢s leading talent developmentà center.
Tullow also has the opportunity of extending this partnership beyound the initial three-year period to five years.
ââ¬ÅFootball is the passion of Ghanaians, and indeed the world at large,â⬠Sports Minister Elvis Afriyie Ankrah said at the launch on Wednesday.
ââ¬ÅI am very excited by Tullows investment in this project and I invite other corporate firms to emulate this example.ââ¬
The academy, established in 1999 has produced several football talents for the various national teams including Black Stars striker Abdul Majeed Waris.
Most of their graduates who donââ¬â¢t cut it in football are admitted in several boarding schools, universities and colleges across United States of America and the United Kingdom.