Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association, Ibrahim Sannie Daara, insists the only way to keep Ghana Premier League players from joining foreign clubs is for the government to employ them.
Mass player exodus has been blamed for the dwindling standards in the league.
A good number of last season’s top performers have left the country for places such as Iraq, Libya, Tanzania and Egypt.
It is a trend that has denied the league of its top talents which pundits argue has affected the quality of the competition.
Players such as Kwame Kizito (Libya), Thomas Abbey (Egypt), Stephen Sarfo (Egypt), Samuel Sarfo (Iraq), Majeed Ashimeru (Austria), Isaac Twum (Norway), Joseph Paintsil (Hungary), Ahmed Toure (Cote d’Ivoire) have all left the country after emerging as some of the best performers from last season’s Ghana Premier League.
And Sannie believes and the only way to keep players in the league is if government adopts some clubs and pay their players instead.
“I brought this proposal of us getting governement to someway somehow to get the security forces to employ some of these players,” Mr. Daara told Accra-based Class FM.
“If you go to Ethiopia, apart from St. George’s, the rest of the clubs are all government-backed. If you go to Zambia, it’s the same.”
Back in the 80’s and 90’s, companies such as Akosombo Textiles (Akotex FC), Electricity Company of Ghana (Power FC), Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, all used to finance football clubs but have since given up, leading to the collapse of their associate football teams.
Source: citifmonline.com
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So so Stupidd GFA. Nothing to right home about. Why can’t you also employ them? Dummbb ***barred word***!
Govt should use our painful taxes paid to support your corruption, and then you sale the players and pocket the money, because we are f.oo.ls. Wo enye correct kraaa, Sanni
This guy was good at BBC but become F0OL1SH ever since he joined GFA. Adter running down the GFA with his boss, what is he talking about
Maybe Sani Daara n his people should vacate his post at the FA for someone else with a new direction to take over the FA and make it better. I think his suggestion is a big joke
maybe u guys shd stop ur corrupt practices and use the monies u generate to create job opportunities for them. our GFA is the most corrupt FA in the world. there is a lot of money being generated in that area but their kleptomania wont let the rest.
I STRONGLY BELIEVE THE SUCCESS AND STAY OF OUR KEY PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS IN GHANA FOOTBAL LEAGUE DEPENDS ON OUR ECONOMY AND IMPROVED STANDARD OF LIVING. GHANA'S ECONOMY WAS IN DOLDRUMS AND STAGNANT UNDER THE INCOMPETENT JOHN MAHAMA AND HIS DIVISIVE AND ***barred word*** NDC ADMINISTRATION. THE BULK OF GHANA'S WEALTH WAS AND STILL CONCENTRATED IN FEW HANDS SUCH AS JOHN MAHAMA, IBRAHIM MAHAMA, AGYAPONG (JOSPONG),JJ RAWLINGS & NANA KONADU,KWADWO TWUM BOAFO,NANA AGYEMAN BADU,OTUMFUO OSEI TUTU,WOYOME AND OTHER NDC BIGWIGS. MAJORITY OF GHANAIANS SUCH AS FOOBALLERS HAVE BEEN STARVING AND ALMOST PENNYLESS UNDER 8 YEARS OF THE CREATE, LOOT AND SHARE JOHN MAHAMA NDC ADMINISTRATION. GHANA HAS WITNESSED MASS EXODUS OF HER QUALITY FOOTBALLERS TO DANGEROUS AND NON-SOCCER COUNTRIES SUCH AS IRAQ,INDIA,VIETNAM, SUDAN, AFGHANISTAN,LEBANON AND LIBYA TO NAME A FEW. THIS INCOMPENTENT NDC ADMINISTRATION WERE CLUELESS AND JUST INTERESTED IN RETAINING POWER. TO COMPOUND MATTERS, A RABBLE-ROUSER, THUG AND INEFFECTIVE JOKER LIKE NEE LANTE VANDERPUIJE WAS APPOINTED SPORTS MINISTER. CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP IDEA ALONE CAN'T STOP THE EXODUS. STRONG ECONOMY BACKED BY IMPROVED LIVING CONDITIONS LIKE THE 70'S UNDER GENERAL ACHEAMPONG WILL REVERSE SOME OF THIS DREADED MASS EXODUS OF PLAYERS. I REALLY MISS THOSE DAYS THAT WE HAD TEAMS LIKE DUMAS BOYS OF GTP, GHANACAN (NSAWAM CANNERY), AKOTEX (AKOSOMBO TEXT),DEFENCE STARS (SS 74),PRESTEA MINE STARS, AND MANY OTHERS. JJ RAWLINGS CAN'T ESCAPE BLAME FOR MOST OF THE ISSUES AT STAKE FOR HIS ***barred word***,NEEDLESS AND UNJUSTIFIED MILITARY INTERVENTIONS IN '79 AND '81. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE BUT WHAT A SHAME!!!
Akoa wei paa, a! What does he mean? Abufuu sem. Sanni come again. Maybe it was a slip of tongue.
Address your corruption too. If a payer is paid GHc500/month, why won't he search to go outside?
Most companies lost interest in having football clubs due to the corruption in the football especially refereeing. why should a company spend so much on a team only for the team to be treated badly due to bad referees and indecisive disciplinary committee.
You are not serious,government should pay footballers ,aaaaaaabha.