The Korean Embassy in Accra has presented taekwondo equipment to the Ghana Taekwondo Association (GTA) as a booster to the national body as it seeks to make the discipline a popular one in the country.
The items worth $ 17,000, is to be used by the association in its training programmes and in competitions nationwide to popularize the sport and attract more practitioners to the discipline.
Ambassador Sun H. Lee, who represents the Republic of Korea in Ghana, made the presentation in Accra yesterday and hoped the items will be put to good use as the nation seeks to become a dominant force across the continent and beyond.
He announced that the Korea Republic will continue to explore other areas in helping Ghana with its forward march in sports and hoped that through the discipline, Ghana’s image would be brightened than before.
In their aim to ensure this, Mr. Lee assured that soon technical experts from Korea would be brought in to help train their Ghanaian counterparts to impact positively on the local scene.
The acting Chief Executive of the National Sports Council (NSC), Worlanyo Agra, received the items on behalf of the GTA and promised that they would be put to good effect as Ghana seeks to strike a good balance with the Republic of Korea.
He called for more of such support believing that it is one of the surest ways of taking the lesser known sports to the doorstep of the Ghanaian and attracts more people to participate in the discipline.
The items included head gears, gloves, fore arm guards and mats among others. They were handed over to the chairman of the GTA, Mr Sampson Annor-Quarshie and the General Secretary,
Charles K. Attah.
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Taekwondo Association Gets Korean Embassy Gifts
