AfCP President Samson Deen’s Full Speech At The African Paralympic Committee Regional Sports Training Program

WELCOME SPEECH BY MR. SAMSON DEEN, PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE DELIVERED ON 16TH JUNE 2023 AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE AfPC REGIONAL SPORT TRAINING PROGRAM AT ACCRA CITY HOTEL, ACCRA.

THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF YOUTH AND SPORTS, HON. MUSTAPHA USSIF (MP)
IPC OFFICIALS PRESENT;
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS, NPC-GHANA;
AfPC COURSE INSTRUCTORS.
AfPC COURSE PARTICIPANTS.
MEDIA PRESENT;
ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

Good morning!

It gives me much pleasure, as President of the African Paralympic Committee (AfPC) and the National Paralympic Committee of Ghana (NPC-Ghana) to welcome you all to this important event.

A special welcome to all our course instructors and participants who have traveled from their respective home countries to attend this Para Sports Training in Ghana, I say you are warmly welcome to Accra, the capital city of the Republic of Ghana.

I also wish to use this opportunity to thank the African Paralympic Committee and its partners for choosing Ghana to host the second edition of the AfPC Regional Sports Training Program in Africa.

Honorable Minister, the NPC-Ghana is hosting over 100 participants selected from 15 African countries for this four days Regional Sports Training event; including: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote Ivoire, Mali, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Togo, the Gambia, Liberia, Madagascar, Senegal, Nigeria, Seychelles, Guinea and Ghana, the host; with 13 course instructors and IPC officials.

The NPC-Ghana, for that matter Ghana is proud to host this training as a prelude and precursor to the 1s African Para Games, Accra 2023 slated for this year from 3rd to 12th September.

Honorable Minister, the four-day Training course is being organized in two sports disciplines, namely, Para Powerlifting and Para or Sitting Volleyball with six separate courses thus:

Technical Officials course, Coaching Course, Classifier course and Training Camp in Para Powerlifting, as well as two courses in Sitting Volleyball – Coaching and Referees courses. At the end of the training, participants will be assessed and subsequently awarded certificates on merit.

Ladies and Gentlemen, this AfPC programme is aimed at building and developing the technical capacities of our NPCs across Africa, with a platoon of technical personnel to serve as the catalyst for the development and promotion of Para sports on the continent.

I therefore wish to urge our entire 100 course participants to take the training seriously to account for the purpose of coming here and leverage the sports in your respective countries.

I once again, welcome you all to the Republic of Ghana and enjoy stay.

Thank you.