The President of the Ghana League Club Associations (GHALCA), Cudjoe Fianoo, is urging the government to come to the aid of Ghana Premier League clubs in the wake of low fan patronage.
There has been a menace of lack of patronage of games in the 2022/23 Ghana Premier League, with even Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak struggling to attract more than 5,000 fans to their games.
The GHALCA boss views this as a downtime for the local lead and wants the government to step in as a matter of urgency as it has done to other sectors of the economy when the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
“Something that touches the soul and heart of the citizenry, the government must also show some concern,” he told LUV FM.
“When industries were collapsing, the government came to their aid, they met with the association of Ghana industries, they met with the Ghana national chamber of commerce to see what they can do and it is a fact that some assistance was extended to some of them.
“So, if we are talking about the passion of the nation, this should not be the concern for only the industry players, I believe that the state should also come in.
“After all, in some jurisdictions, governments are doing a lot of investment so, they should not stop at providing only infrastructure.
“Withing the economic environment, it is not enabling enough, I think that we need help.
“The government should make room for the passion of the nation, when the Black Stars qualified for the world cup, everybody forgot about the e-levy.”