Ghana Rugby to plan the way forward in stakeholder congress

Ghana Rugby will hold a ‘stakeholder congress’ to discuss the plans for the sporting code in Accra, Ghana, on February 22.

Ghana Rugby held its first stakeholder congress in 2014, and the president of the union – Herbert Mensah – said it will once more provide a deliberate plan for the future of the sporting code.

“It is now almost seven years since the first stakeholders’ congress and we feel that in light of the enormous challenges we are facing, that it is time to consult with our stakeholders again in a more formal manner,” said Mensah.

“The outcome of this very important event will serve as critical inputs to a new ‘Ghana Rugby Blueprint’ and a revised Strategic Plan for Ghana Rugby.”

“The stakeholder congress we held in 2014 formed the basis of the 2014 Ghana Rugby Blueprint we put together which eventually resulted in most of what we did, including the 10-team domestic league, resuscitation of women’s rugby and the youth development “Get Into Rugby Programme,” Mensah said.

Mensah also said that off-the-field successes such the annual auditing of financial systems, the achievement of Full Membership from World Rugby in May 2017, the development of key strategic plans such as the Strategic Plan and Development Plan and the adoption of a new Constitution all followed from the 2014 stakeholder congress and subsequent ‘Ghana Rugby Blueprint”.

Attendees to the “Ghana Rugby stakeholders congress” will be by invitation and will include a wide variety of people from Rugby Bodies and Clubs, governing bodies and media.

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