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The Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA) has finally succeeded in restoring the name �Accra Sports Stadium� to the nation�s Wembley after months of debate to strip it off the new name- �Ohene Djan Stadium�. When Daily Guide Sports took a trip to the stadium some hired artisans were busily embossing the new name at the entrance of the Stadium as well as the opposite side of the Independence Square. However, attempts by our team to get the Chief Executive of the National Sports Council (NSC), Wolanyo Agra, to comment on the matter yielded no results. Late last year, the Alfred Vanderpuije-led AMA issued a statement regarding the change of name from Ohene Djan to Accra Sports Stadium but the Authority�s decision to effect the change was greeted with intense public outcry. The release stated that the Stadium is on Ga land and that maintaining the �Accra Stadium� is ideal. The NPP government changed the name from Accra Sports Stadium and named it after Ghana�s first Sports Director, the late Ohene Djan, for his exceptional leadership qualities. It was part of re-naming the country�s sporting facilities, in which Kumasi Sports Stadium was named after Baba Yara, one of Ghana�s legendary footballers.