NGO presents AIDS T-Shirts to Black Stars

Players of the Senior National team, the Black Stars, have been called upon to help kick the deadly disease AIDS out of the country.

Mr Emmanuel Shaft Boamah, Executive Director of New Page Partners, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) based in Kumasi who made the call told the players that the pandemic was closer to them than they think.

Speaking at the presentation of AIDS T-Shirts to the team before their friendly international match against their Beninois counter-parts in Kumasi on Sunday, Mr Boamah therefore asked the players to resolve not to engage in indiscriminate sexual activities.

As the window of hope of the nation in terms of football, your sexual lives must be exemplary for other to emulate.

Coach E.K. Afranie, caretaker coach of the stars, told the players that if they wanted to remain in football, which is a full time profession, then they should refrain from indiscriminate sex.

He said the rigours of professional football meant that players should not only be very disciplined off the field where they could easily exposed to many temptations, but they needed physical fitness to be able to cope with the game.

Coach Afranie said the pandemic therefore posed a great challenge to sportsmen and women since the more sexual activities they indulged in, the weaker they would become.

Hamza Mohammed, who received the T-Shirts on behalf of his colleagues, thanked the donors for the kind gesture and said they had taken the advice seriously.

He said they were very much aware that as role models the younger crop of players looked up to them for inspiration and gave the assurance that they had accepted the challenge to refrain from indiscriminate sex so as to save themselves and their career.