Mrs. Joyce Mahama, president of WOSPAG has called on Ghanaians especially the sports media to make Ampe, a traditional sport very popular.

She called for more awareness on the traditional sport which is played by many young girls in Ghana.

She hinted that the executive of WOSPAG want to lobby the organisers of the African Games in Ghana in 2023 to consider adding Ampe as a demonstration sport.

According to Mrs. Mahama, WOSPAG has over the years been campaigning for Ampe to be recognized as an international sport, and has been contacting sports heads in West Africa and the Commonwealth.

She said countries like Togo, Cote d’Voire, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Cameroun and Sierra Leone and Liberia play the game in different forms with different rules, but they have come up with a standard set of rules to govern Ampe internationally.

The Women Sports Associations of Ghana (WOSPAG) will on June 24, 2021 organize a workshop on Ampe officiating to educate interested people on the rules and regulations.

By Elizabeth Alhassan