GFA budget for league is more than the annual budget of Sports Ministry - Hon. Alex Agyekum

Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Sports, Honourable Alex Agyekum says the budget presented by the Ghana FA to the Sports Ministry for the organisation of the 2019/2020 league season is more than the entire budget of the Sports Ministry.

"Budget presented to the government for the league cannot be approved by us but we can only recommend to the government but we have appealed to corporate bodies to come in and help. The budget presented($12 million)is even more than the annual budget of the sports ministry." he told Kumasi Fm.

The Ghana Football Association has fixed a date of 28th December 2019 for the start of various leagues across the country.

Initially the league was slated to start on 21st December 2019 but was pushed back.

The Ghana FA has been in hot discussions with the government about providing the needed funds to help run the various leagues.

Ghana FA has proposed a budget of $12 million to the government of Ghana for the organisation of the domestic competitions for 2019/20 season.

The Ghana Premier league alone was allotted $2.8 million dollars to cover its organisation.

The Ghana Premier League season was truncated during the 2018/2019 season after an alleged corruption expose by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

Since then organised football has been on the back burner with the closest we came to seeing something of a league was the NC special competition.