The General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association, Prosper Harrison Addo in an interview with Ghana’s number One Sports Station Happy 98.9 FM has justified the allocation of the FIFA COVID-19 relief fund to the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) and the national teams.
There have been questions raised as to why GHALCA and the national teams are allocated monies from the FIFA COVID-19 relief fund which has generated a lot of issues with most club administrators unhappy about the sharing of the money.
GHALCA is set to receive $2,000 whilst the national teams have also been allocated some monies.
Prosper Harrison Addo explained that the monies allocated to the two bodies especially GHALCA are justifiable because they have also being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The FIFA COVID-19 relief talks about the Association and the wider community which GHALCA is also a part of. In our engagements with the Sports Ministry, GHALCA has been contributing and they have played a key role. GHALCA has also been affected by the absence of football because they also receive some percentage or amount from gate proceeds, player transfers and others thus the money given them is for their administrative duties”, he told Ohene-Bampoe Brenya on Happy Sports.
On the national teams, he said “The monies allocated to the national teams is because the GFA has some camping cost it takes care of. The monies allocated to the national team will be used to pay for feeding, accommodation and also for tournaments”
He also explained that some of the money allocated will also be used for technical and administrative support for the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence, Prampram.
Prosper Harrison Addo added that the monies allocated have been done in a proper manner that correspondences with FIFA’s governance structure and modalities since it will be properly audited by the world governing body.
By Herbert Boakye Yiadom
