The new Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Dr. K.K. Sarpong, has hinted that his outfit is ready to dialogue with the leadership of the Ghana Football Association to use part of the sponsorship package for the Black Stars to mitigate the financial challenges clubs in the local league face.
In a submission on Happy FM, an Accra-based radio station, the former Asante Kotoko Executive Board Chairman argued that the foundation of the Black Stars was the local league and it would be prudent to take a closer look at pushing some of the sponsorship cash to the senior national team there.
“The league itself must be made very competitive and officiating must be super. We will see how some of the money trickles into the Premier League and still reserve some for the Black Stars. We must look at it as a value chain to produce players to feed the Black Stars,” he said.
“So as I am now stepping into office. I will think through it and maybe dialogue the leadership of the FA to take a decision on that and see how we can re-channel some of the resources into the league.”
The businessman and former boss of Tema Oil Refinery also added that the league must be packaged such that even teams going on relegation will have some money going home to help curtail match-fixing.
He then proposed that a package of $200,000 $150,000, and $100,000 and $50,000 could be given to the top four clubs.
Source: GhanaSOCCERNET
