KUMASI, GHANA — In an unprecedented last-minute sporting emergency that has sent shockwaves through the Ghana Premier League, the Baba Yara Sports Stadium is currently the center of an intensive, round-the-clock remediation effort just 36 hours before the much-anticipated ‘Garden City Super Clash’ between rivals Asante Kotoko and King Faisal.

Trouble began early Tuesday morning when groundskeepers discovered severe chemical degradation beneath the newly laid turf in the northern penalty box. Officials suspect contaminated sub-soil aggregate imported during recent regional road rehabilitation works seeped into the drainage infrastructure, creating a treacherous sinkhole hazard that violates strict FIFA pitch safety regulations.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Club Licensing Board immediately dispatched an emergency inspection team to the historic venue. Rumors of a postponement or a forced relocation to the Accra Sports Stadium sent thousands of traveling Kumasi supporters into a frenzy of anxiety, prompting the National Sports Authority (NSA) to call an emergency press conference at midday.

Engineering crews have since mobilized heavy excavation machinery, working under powerful floodlights through the torrential West African evening rains. Workers are meticulously stripping the compromised sod, flushing the sub-base, and rolling in imported Bermuda grass sod sourced from a private horticultural farm in the Ashanti Region.

NSA Director of Estates assured reporters that frantic remediation remains on track. ‘We are deploying every available resource to ensure the integrity of the pitch is restored by dawn,’ he stated. Both club captains have released joint video appeals urging fans to remain calm as the race against the clock continues to save Ghana’s premier football spectacle.