Abedi Pele as Polio Ambassador

Accra(Greater Accra) 15 Oct. '98 The former Captain of the Senior National Team, the Black Star, Abedi Pele, has been appointed one of the ambassadors for polio eradication. The Co-ordinator for he National Polio Eradication Committee, Robert Ataa, disclosed this when he addressed a news conference in Accra. He said Football has been found to be an effective means publicising the disease. In view of this, Mr. Ataa said, a charity football match dubbed "Kick Polio out of Ghana " is to be played between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Goldfields at the Len Clay Sports Stadium at Obuasi on the first of November. He appealed to Journalists, particularly sports writers, to assist in the eradication of polio by publicising the national polio immunization days fixed for the 7th of next month and 19th of December. Mr. Atta announced that only three cases of polio have been reported this year, saying this is an achievement of the immunization exercises in 1996 and 1997. GRi