President of the Ghana Football Association has highlighted the need for corporate involvement in the development of the game at the grassroots level if Ghana is to maintain its high standards in the game.
The sport body today presented 2,000 Puma manufactured balls to the Juvenile League Board and the Women�s League Board to aid the development of the game.
Over a five-year period, the Ghana Football Association has almost single-handedly sponsored the leagues at that levels but Kwesi Nyantakyi explains that more cash injection is needed to improve on what the sport body has done so far.
�These donations are aimed at assisting the various leagues in the regions and districts, organizers of the various leagues need equipments and money. We hope these balls will go a long way to helping them improve on their organizations.
�The game has since taken a different look all because of the injection of huge capital. We have the human personnel but are lacking behind with the funding needed for such talented players to develop.�A huge chunk of the resources has been borne by the FA with the support of FIFA and other sponsors.
But we are still lagging behind. We need serious capital to bring the standards of the juvenile and women�s league to that of the Premier and division one competitions,� Nyantakyi told the media in Accra as he explained the finances needed to boost the game at the lower level.
�There are more than 3,000 juvenile teams and the numbers for the women�s league keeps growing by the day. Lots of females are getting involved in the game. Funds are needed for training of personnel, referees, medics and building capacity. It�s a whole lot and it certainly requires the support of the corporate world to assist.
�The FA takes care of the fees for the registration of players, provides funding for officiating and with that of the women�s league, we pay for the transportation and officiating fees. This picture explains the need for corporate assistance.�
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