The Ghana Football Association is pumping an amount of $280,000 in the construction of boreholes to improve football pitches in the country.
President of the Association, Kurt Okraku who is on a tour of the Norther Regions announced the FA's decision invests hugely in playing surfaces in the country.
The FA has decided to construct mechanized boreholes across match centers to supply provide constant supply of water to keep the pitches green.
The borehole project will be used to develop Premier League, Division One League, Women’s Premier League and Game centres of Regional Football Associations.
The mechanized borehole strategy will be funded via the FIFA Forward 1.0 programme.
Present at the announcement were Executive Council member Nana Sarfo Oduro and Abu-Hassan Mahamadu (Rhizo), Chairman of the Northern Regional Football Association and Jones Alhassan Abu, Member of the Black Stars Management Committee.