Hearts of Oak MD urges government to support club owners amid COVID-19 pandemic
Hearts of Oak Managing Director Fredrick Moore has urged the government of Ghana to support club owners amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Most club owners are finding it difficult to pay their players due to the suspension of all football activities including the Ghana Premier League.
FIFA has given a $500,000 stimulus package to the GFA, however, the money is solely FA's operational cost and not to be shared among the clubs.
Therefore, Hearts MD has pleaded with the government to support the clubs in this difficult period to ease their financial burden.
"COVID-19 has shown how precarious the world is, the lockdown of most countries has shown how important work and money can do," he told Kumasi FM.
"I borrow the phrase that the president of the GFA used that Ghana had a ‘Covid-18’ when the 2017/18 league was truncated because of the Anas Exposè.
"We also had a mini competition in 2018/19 and in the 2019/20 we’ve also had this. We have had potentially three years in a row and I take my hat off for all club owners in Ghana for their tenacity to be able to maintain in what is going on.
"I hope the sports ministry and the government will support clubs to make clubs and football stronger. Football is our birthright, we used to win almost three in ten every African competition."
He added, "We need to get get back to those eras.We need to be the champions of Africa and that will only happen when the local competition is stronger and firmer and well supported."
"I urge the GFA, the ministry, and the government to support club owners and make sure that football in Ghana become preeminent again in Africa."
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