TMA wins maiden Tema Corporate League

By Benjamin Xornam Glover, TEMA The Tema Metropolitan Assembly football team which emerged victors of the maiden edition of the Tema Corporate League has been presented with the league trophy. The glittering trophy was handed over to the captain of the TMA side, Nii Amarfio Ashitey by the Human Resource Manager of TMA, Mr. Daniel Nyaho-Darti after a coronation match played at the Oninku Park in Tema Community One. TMA emerged winners with 20 points in the league which featured six teams from corporate institutions operating in the Tema Metropolis namely; TMA, GTP, CEPS, BALLORE, ECG and TOR. The league among others aims at fostering unity among the corporate institutions in the Metropolis. The coronation match, played between league winners and the second placed team on the league log, Tex Style Ghana Limited formerly known as GTP ended 2:0 in favour of GTP. The Tema Corporate League is organized Sabbspor Solutions Impex, an event organizing company. Mr. Jerome Kudzo Gammey, Administrative Manager of the organizers said the Tema Corporate League is an attempt to revive the erstwhile Tema Inter-Departmental League which produced teams such as Ghapoha FC that played in the national league. He expressed appreciation to all the participating teams for their involvement in the maiden edition and expressed the hope that subsequent edition will witness an improvement. Mr Gammey said apart from fostering unity among the corporate institutions, the league is also geared at promoting good health among workers. He disclosed that as part of activities lined up for this year, a monthly health walk will be introduced to health the numerous workforce stay healthy. "As we all know, a healthy workforce produces high productivity and as an organization, we are committed to helping the working people in Tema stay healthy at all times, “he said. He described the maiden corporate football league as a success stressing that this year; a lot more institutions have expressed their desire to take part in the next edition. The Human Resource Manager of TMA, Daniel Nyaho-Darti who represented the Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr Isaac Ashai Odamtten at the coronation match, commended the winning team. He called for stronger collaboration among the corporate institutions in Tema on and off the sporting arena that will culminate in the development of the metropolis. "Our vision as an assembly is to ensure a clean Metropolis and it is my expectation that that through such a sporting platform, all the corporate institutions will come together to help us achieve that vision. -End-