Ghana Post holds Raffle draw

Accra, Aug 8, GNA -- Ghana Post Company Limited on Tuesday, conducted a raffle draw for contestants of its quiz competition organised in support of the senior national team, the Black Stars prior to their participation in the 2006 Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) World Cup.

In all 1,520, 000 contestants, out of the over six thousand entries qualified for the raffle draw after scoring the full marks in all the ten questions they answered.

Mr Ken Taylor out of the 1,520,000 contestants emerged as the lucky winner of the ultimate prize of a 29-inch colour television set and a DVD player.

Ralph Offey took home the second prize of a fridge whilst Seth Boachie grabbed the third position to take home a sound system with Eva Asante picking the fourth position that goes with the prize of a gas cooker.

There were over 16 consolation prizes representing a total of 20 out of the 1,520,000 contestants.

The date for the presentation of the prizes to the winners will be announced later.

Mr Dua Adonteng, General Manager of the company described patronage of the quiz competition as low but underscored the positive effect the performance of the Stars had on the turnout.

He said the low patronage was due to the delay in the approval process from FIFA and printing, adding that the raffle should have been launched in February instead of May.

The General Manager said the company is not overly concerned about the low patronage because of the positive image the nation carved for herself on the international scene leading to a boost in what he described as sports tourism.

Mr Adonteng announced that part of the proceeds generated from the raffle will be channelled into the coffers of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).

He praised the GFA and their partners, Whirlpool Ghana Limited, dealers in electronic products for supporting the competition. Ghana Post Company Limited prior to the World Cup launched commemorative stamps and a quiz competition for the senior national team, the Black Stars.

The stamps, which are in cedi denominations ranging from 2,000 cedis to 6,000 cedis has individual and group pictures of members of the team, notable among them are skipper Stephen Appiah, Michael Essien, John Mensah and Sammy Osei Kuffour among others.

The quiz competition is to test the knowledge of sports fans on the historic achievements of the Black Stars and also mobilize the conscience and commitment of all Ghanaians to rally behind the team. The competition comes with simple questions and participants were expected to enter by answering questions displayed on posters and national dailies and to post the commemorative stamps of the Stars for the final draw. 08 Aug. 06