Showbiz program reportedly attracting more sponsors than Ghana Premier League
A Ghana showbiz program has been earning attraction of lucrative sponsorship than the Ghana Premier League, revealed by a politician.
Ghanaian Politician Nana Oboro Boahen says popular TV program Date Rush is able to attract more sponsors than the Ghana Premier League.
The Ghana Premier League has been without an headline sponsor for the past five seasons.
Zylofon Cash was the last headline sponsor for the Ghana Premier League under former President Kwasi Nyantakyi.
According to Nana Oboro Boahen, the standard of the league is the reason why the Ghana FA is finding it difficult to attract sponsors.
“I have heard that the league doesn’t have a sponsor, and they (GFA) are struggling to get sponsorship.
“Who should invest his money in this league when he can go and sponsor Date Rush because the standard of the league is low. It’s not like I’m talking against them, but the standard of the league is very low,”, he told Okay FM.
“If the Tanzanian and Ethiopian leagues rank better than that of Ghana, then there is something wrong here administratively,”
“We have Ghanaian players moving to Tanzania and Ethiopia and we sit down as a country and behave as if all is well, he added.
The 2022-2023 Ghana Premier League start in September after the Ghana Football Association released new date 2 days ago.
GFA told a story about Ghana Premier League sponsorship
Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, has called on the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to ensure proper measures are put in place to ensure the Ghana Premier League attracts sponsors.
The Ghana topflight has struggled to attract sponsorship following the abrupt termination of the Zylofon Cash deal.
According to the lawmaker, investors would come on board to sponsor the domestic league if the GFA put proper measures in place to develop the league including refereeing in the various leagues in the country.
“I would support calls for investments into the Premier League on one condition, that if the FA would do the right things, and the right things mean we can’t invest money in a league where the referees are substandard, referees make all kinds of dubious calls,” Mr. George said as reported by GNA.
According to the Member of Parliament, the GPL was not attracting investors due to poor facilities including pitches.
“You can’t just throw money into a league where at times people are fixing matches, you can see that something fishy and funny is going on, the league needs to be cleaned up to attract investors,” he said.
The outspoken MP entreated the GFA to fix the issues in the GPL to attract investments, saying, “When you have world-class officiating when you have proper structures at the GFA, it would automatically attract investments, for example, the penalty awarded against Hearts of Oak against Kotoko, how is that a penalty.”
