New sports minister calls on actors to "rise to better serve" the country

"It is true that we are entering a tumultuous period in the sport environment, especially in football. I would like to say to everyone that sport unleashes passions, but we must rise to better serve our country, "said Paulin Danho.

Speaking to athletes, he argued that "sport must become somewhere an industry that will pave the way for the professional integration of young people", adding that it "must also be a tool for Côte d'Ivoire, which aspires to be an emerging country in 2020.

These are the angles that "I would try to expand with the will of all to deserve the confidence of the President of the Republic for the Côte d'Ivoire who needs to get out of conflicting postures and politic impostures, "he hinted.

million. Danho also intends to "ensure that sport is not only an administrative management only, but that it is the crucible of the consolidation of social cohesion" in order to "bring together Ivorians and reconcile Côte d'Ivoire" which remains a country of hospitality.

The outgoing Minister of Sports and Recreation, François Amichia, who spent three years at the head of this department, handed the cases of sports issues to Mr. Paulin Danho and that of recreation Minister Siandou Fofana, also Minister of Tourism

M. Amichia, called to the office of Minister of the City, new portfolio assigned to him after his re-appointment to the government, paid a warm tribute to all his collaborators for the work done and wished his successors full success.

said that his first action was to bring tranquility and peace to the Ivorian sports house. And this, thanks to the establishment of a permanent framework of consultation (CPC), space of exchange and dialogue of all the actors.

The Ivorian Federation of football (IFF) faces for several months with a crisis. Some actors who describe the governance of the current president, Sidy Diallo, ask for his departure, while his term runs until 2019. Minister Danho will have the task of bringing back the serenity.

[19659002] To promote the sport, the Ivorian State has begun the construction of three stadiums of proximity to Mbengué, Tengrela and Tiébissou, a sports sports platform of hands in Katiola, seven rehabilitated sports complexes including the stadium Felix Houphouët-Boigny. All this device should allow a better organization of the African Cup of Nations football in 2021.

The country has in this regard committed to building infrastructure to host the event. Construction work on the Ebimpé stadium has begun, while markets for the other four stadiums, Korhogo, Bouaké, Yamoussoukro and San-Pedro, have been awarded.

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