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•Mr Michael Oteng Adu (4th L), Campaign Manager for the MP
presenting the cheque and items to the Health Directorate
• Scenes at Kaneshie, Kwame Nkrumah Circle
and Madina as of March 31, 2020
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No PPE at New Juaben
hospitals to fight Covid-19
BY KOJO ANSAH,
KOFORIDUA
• We are ‘locked down'
• Health Directorate cries out
THE NEW Juaben
South Municipal
Health Directorate
says it is “locked
down” by lack of
Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE) and other logistics required
to combat the Coronavirus
disease.
“We are also locked down in
terms of logistics so if anyone
brings us logistics, we will be
most grateful. We are having series
of meetings but one of our
biggest challenges is lack of logistics
that we need. Common
PPEs –face masks, gloves, basic
ones that we need to have, we
don’t have them because we
don’t have money to buy them,”
the New Juaben South Municipal
Health Director, Dr Edmund
Ekow Kwaitoo, told Starr
News in Koforidua
The situation has been attributed
to months of indebtedness
to the National Health Insurance
Authority, (NHIA), which
has financially handicapped
health institutions in the Eastern
Regional capital.
He, however, said the municipality
had been promised
some quantities of PPEs to be
received next week from Ghana
Health Service- headquarters in
Accra.
The Member of Parliament
(MP) for New Juaben South, Dr
Mark Asibe Yeboah, however,
responded swiftly to this distress
situation on Monday,
March 30, 2020, by issuing a
cheque for GH¢20,000.00 and
donated large quantities of alcohol-based
hand sanitizers to the
Municipal Health Directorate to
help the preparation to contain
the disease should it show up in
the area.
The Campaign Manager of
the Lawmaker, Mr Michael
Oteng Adu, who made the donation
on his behalf, told Starr
News the donation was to ensure
that the Regional Health
Directorate would prepare adequately
for any eventuality of
the outbreak of Covid-19 in the
Eastern Region, which has so
far not recorded a positive case.
He said the MP was still mobilizing
more resources to support
the health directorate.
The Eastern Regional Health
Directorate has said in a statement
issued Tuesday March 31,
2020 by the Regional Health Director,
Dr.Mrs.Alberta
Biritwum
Nyarko, that the region
had mot
recorded any confirmed
case of Covid-19.
“As a region, the number of
clinically suspected cases are 28
as of March 30, 2020. Samples
have been taken from all suspects
and sent to the Noguchi
Memorial Institute for Medical
Research.
"Test results received are 27
and all are negative for Covid-
19 whilst one (1) is still pending,"
the statement said.
It added, "So far, there are
four contacts of confirmed
cases being traced. These are
contacts of confirmed cases in
Accra and they are doing very
well under self-isolation.
"Three of them have so far
tested negative and the other
one returned to Accra."
Meanwhile, some 31 returnees
from Covid-19-stricken
countries who are in the region
have been quarantined.
At the National level, Ghana
had recorded 161 confirmed
cases of coronavirus with five
fatalities as of yesterday, March
31, 2020.
President of Ghana, Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, on
the night of Friday, March 27,
2020, announced partial lockdown
of the nation's capital,
Accra, and surrounding communities
like Tema and Kasoa,
and parts of Ashanti Region as
an enhanced measure to prevent
increasing spread in these suspected
hot spots of the disease,
having already closed the country's
borders -- land, sea and air
space.
The lockdown took effect on
Monday, March 30, 2020.
•Mr Michael Oteng Adu (4th L), Campaign Manager for the MP presenting
the cheque and items to the Health Directorate
• Inset: Some of the items donated

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03
Insane, beggars, destitute
run from streets
BY PHILIP ANTOH
philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com
FOLLOWING THE announcement
made by President
Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo of two weeks'
lockdown of Greater Accra
and Greater Kumasi, there has been
the disappearance of the destitutes,
beggars and most importantly the
mentally deranged people from the
streets.
On a normal daily basis, commuters
to and those who ply their
trades St Kwame Nkrumah Circle,
Kaneshie, La Paz and Madina, some
of the busiest areas in Accra, would
find all manner of people, including
beggars, the mentally deranged and
the destitutes who have turned these
market centres into their places of
abode.
All efforts made by city authorities
to rid communities of such undesirable
elements move them have
yielded no result.
However, following the lockdown,
which enters its third day today, Circle,
Kaneshie, Madina and La Paz are
free from these undesirable elements.
During a visit by the DAILY
HERITAGE to these places yesterday,
the paper found that not even a
single beggar, mentally deranged person
or destitute was seen loitering or
sitting around and their corners which
were always dirty had been swept neat
and were quite.
The corners were tidy to the extent
that one could count the number of
water sachets or water bags or plastic
bags flying around.
A middle-aged man, Mr Samuel
Awuah, a mobile money merchant at
Circle, told the paper that a night before
the lockdown started, one could
see the mentally deranged moving
from one direction to another but they
were completely gone the following
day.
• Over Covid-19 scare as
lockdown enters day 3
At Kaneshie, Ms Stella Ackah, a food
vendor at the Takoradi Station, said for
the past two days, “I have not seen any
beggar or mentally deranged person
around. I don’t know but I think they have
arrested them from the streets.”
“There was a popular one who used to
come and beg for food but these two days
I have not set an eye on him,” Ms Ackah
said.
A phone dealer at Lapaz, Nii Quaye,
also expressed wonder as to where these
people had gone or been taken to because
no one seems to know their whereabouts.
“I implore you to investigate and ask
city authorities where they have taken
them to and if there are special arrangement
to keep them there forever or it is
for these two weeks' lockdown,” he told
the paper.
The situation at Madina was not different
from the other three places as the
streets were quite, with few vehicles and
little littering around.
At Madina, the reporter spoke with few
people around and they also
said they were shocked at not
having seen the mentally deranged
and beggar on the
street.
“I think they have also
been locked down because
we can’t see them anywhere,”
Mr Amoo Duodu stated.
In a telephone interview,
the Public Relations Officer
of the AMA, Gilbert Nii
Ankrah, said, “I cannot answer
your question on the
whereabouts of the mentally
deranged persons, the destitute
and beggars on the street
but I knew of a programme
rolled by the Social Welfare
Department.”
All attempt to speak with
the Department of Social
Welfare under the Ministry of
Gender and Social Protection
proved futile.
• Scenes At Kaneshie, Kwame Nkrumah
Circle and Madina as of March 31, 2020

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Reduce fuel by 20%
Minority to govt
THE MINORITY
has called on the
government and
the Oil Marketing
Companies
(OMCs) to reduce
fuel prices by some 20% as oil
prices on the world market continue
to tumble.
The call by the minority
comes after fuel prices went
down by some 4.7% on March
17 this year despite promises by
the Chief Executive Officer of
the National Petroleum Authority
(NPA), Mr Hassan Tampuli,
that fuel prices would go down
by some 15%.
“We believe that by the next
pricing window, from what we
have seen with the movement of
the products, the prices and so
forth, we’re likely to see something
within the range of 15%
reduction,” the Chief Executive
Officer of the NPA, Mr Tampuli
said then.
He was speaking to the media
on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, following
calls from groups like the
Chamber of Petroleum Consumers,
the Institute of Energy
Security and the opposition National
Democratic Congress for
reduction in fuel prices.
In a statement by the Minority,
Mr Adam Muktawakilu, a
ranking member on the Mines
and Energy Committee in Parliament,
stated that due to the
falling levels of prices on the international
markets, prices of
fuel must be reduced by not less
than 20%.
“Since the close of the second
week of March 2020, prices
of crude and finished products
continue to tumble on the international
market. The Minority
Caucus has analysed the trends
in prices of crude and petroleum
products since the beginning of
the year and is of the firm belief
that prices at the pumps should
be reduced by at least 20%.
“A reduction of at least 20%
is particularly imperative in view
of the challenges facing Ghanaians
in the light of the measures
introduced by the government.
“A significant reduction in the
prices of fuel is non-negotiable
as the Government tries to deal
with the COVID-19 pandemic."
They said the call for a reduction
of 20% takes into consideration
the fall of crude oil
(31%+) and petrol ( 50%+) on
the international market over the
last two weeks.
They said, "the current situation
was exacting a toll on businesses
and most companies are
scaling down their operations
with others laying off workers.”
&Env.
Guinean woman escapes
from mandatory quarantine
NEWDESK REPORT
ONE OF the
Guineans who
tested positive
for Covid-19 in
Tamale has escaped
from the
mandatory isolation centre.
The young lady, who authorities
say is in her early 20s, allegedly
scaled the wall at the back
of the hotel where she and nine
others were being held in mandatory
quarantine.
“At midnight when everybody
was asleep she scaled the wall and
escaped, leaving her belongings,
including a mobile phone,”
Northern Regional Minister, Salifu
Saeed, stated.
He added that security personnel
had launched a manhunt for
her.
Mr Saeed said the Guinean escaped
at the blind side of two police
officers and two military
personnel who were guarding the
hotel.
He urged for calm as measures
had been put in place to ensure
the girl is captured and returned
to quarantine for her safety as well
as other purposes.
Earlier, the government had
announced a decision to have the
10 Guineans who were arrested
and tested positive for the Covid-
19 repatriated to their country of
origin for treatment.
The foreigners had been in the
county for 11 days before they
were arrested and put in mandatory
self-isolation after they arrived
in the Northern Region
town of Tamale through Burkina
Faso and Togo.
“At midnight
when everybody
was asleep she
scaled the wall
and escaped,
leaving her belongings,
including
a mobile
phone,” Northern
Regional
Minister, Salifu
Saeed, stated.

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NEWS
THE ASHANTI Regional
Security
Council has indicated
it is not
pulling any punches
enforcing the
Covid–19 partial lockdown in the
Greater Kumasi area following
difficulties it faced in containing
people on day one of the Executive
order.
The joint police and military
deployment has marshalled buses
for arrest with a stand-by special
court unit to try suspects who will
be brought in.
The Ashanti Regional Police
APOLICY
think tank, Institute
for Liberty
and Policy
Innovation
(ILAPI), is demanding
gender statistics of
the persons who have been
infected with the deadly
coronavirus.
It also wants the government
to disclose the age
brackets of affected persons.
The Executive Director of
ILAPI, Ghana, Mr Peter Bismark
Kwofie, in his seven
questions to government,
further called for the details
on the regional breakdown of
the Covid 19 infections for
the public to know which of
the regions has the highest
number of cases.
Aside from these, the
Public Relations Officer, ASP
Godwin Ahianyo, had been
making the disclosures on radio
stations in the region cautioning
the residents ahead of yesterday’s
operations.
Mr Ahianyo indicated that
the special courts were ready to
ensure that cases were tried expeditiously
for fines and incarcerations
to serve as deterrent
to errant residents.
Beyond the jurisdiction of
the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly,
twelve other Municipal
and District Assemblies have
been drafted unto the lockdown
list.
ASP Ahianyo noted that the
biggest challenge remained with
think tank wants details on
self-reported cases and the
procedures being used in the
contact tracing exercise.
Mr Kwofir asked the government
to consider creating
regional Covid-19 centres because
of the cases recorded
in some parts of the country.
Below is the list of
questions the Institute
raised and dubbed 'LAPI 7
questions to Government of
Ghana on Covid-19' :
1. What’s the gender statistics
of Covid-19 cases including
age bracket(s)
2. Which region of Ghana
has the highest number of
recorded cases of Covid-19?
A regional breakdown is important
(already answered by
government.)
3. Regarding the contact
tracing, which region is
recording the highest contacts
traced?
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Lockdown offenders to face court
BY IVAN HEATHCOTE - FUMADOR
Give us gender statistics
of Covid 19 patients
BY PHILIP ANTOH
philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh
•Mr Peter Bismark Kwofie
•Justice Anim Yeboah, Chief Justice
4. Which region has the
highest number of quarantines?
5. Approximately how
many cases are self-reported
each day?
6. What procedures are
being used in the contact tracing
exercise? (Somehow expounded,
more clarity
needed)
7. We currently have cases
recorded in Upper West and
Tamale, can we consider regional
Covid centres, away
from normal or general hospitals?
Answers to these questions
would help restrict interregional
movement, intensify
precautions and avoid spiral
infections in Ghana. Question
two is currently added to government’s
Covid-19 analysis
and question six was equally
answered but needs more
clarity, including the use of
the Ghana Post Service address
system.
the central business
district, clustered settlements,
zongos and
the seal-off points barring
entry of intercity
transport.
He, however, commended
the intra-city
trotro and taxi drivers
for observing social
distancing even though
he could not tell
whether the case was
because of the reduced
number of people
requiring
commuting or adherence
to the directive.
Meanwhile the
Ashanti Regional Minister,
Mr Simon Osei Mensah, has
tasked all Metropolitan, Municipal
and District Chief Executives
to move into the
communities to help with sensitisation
and monitoring of the exercise.
According to the minister,
who undertook extensive tour of
the areas locked down under his
jurisdiction on Monday, a number
of places still had people
loitering and idling on the streets
with no caution.
The minister also checked operations
of commercial transport
and sounded a warning to passenger
transport operators to
stop the unwarranted increments
in fares.
Obey laws to avoid clashes with
security personnel – Agalga
BY SENANU DAMILOLA WAMAKOR
A RANKING MEMBER of the
Defence and Interior Committee in
Parliament, Mr James Agalga, has appealed
to Ghanaians within the lockdown
zones to be law-abiding to
avoid clashes with the security agencies.
Footages circulating on social
media show cases of police and military
personnel trying to ensure compliance
among citizens on the first
day of the lockdown in Accra and
Kumasi.
Security forces were seen punishing
residents of the two cities who
failed to adhere to the lockdown directive
by the President.
Meanwhile, security analyst Adam
Bonaa has described the situation as
“disgraceful, shameful and should
not be happening, especially under a
democratic dispensation like ours.”
Speaking on the Morning Starr
with Francis Abban yesterday, the
former Deputy Interior Minister said
his appeal was not to find an excuse
for the excesses, but it was important
for the citizenry to remain law-abiding.
He said “my appeal is that the
populace should be law-abiding in
these times. We know the lockdown
definitely is going to cause a lot of
discomforts, but it is for our own
good. If the citizenry is law-abiding,
the security agencies will not have
the excuse to be excessive in the way
•Mr James Agalga, Ranking Member,
Defence and Interior Committee in
Parliament
and manner in which they enforce
the law in this trying moment.
Nationally, Ghana has recorded
152 confirmed cases of Coronavirus
with five (5) fatalities as of March
29,2020.
The first confirmed case was
recorded on March 13, 2020.
President Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo Addo on Friday, March 27,
2020, announced partial lockdown of
the nation’s capital, Accra, and parts
of Ashanti Region as an enhanced
measure to prevent increasing community
spread of Covid 19, having
closed down all the country's borders
- land, sea and air space.

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The story that one of the 10 Guineans
who tested positive for Covid-19 in
Tamale has escaped from the mandatory
isolation centre should be of great
concern to Ghanaians, even if it turns
out that she was found hours after her
escape, which is something we did not
hear of at the time of going to the
press.
It is said that the lady, who authorities
say is in her early 20s, scaled the
wall at the back of the hotel where she
and the nine other compatriots were
being held in mandatory quarantine.
“At midnight when everybody was
asleep she scaled the wall and escaped,
leaving her belongings, including a mobile
phone,” Northern Regional Minister,
Salifu Saeed stated.
He added that security personnel
had launched a manhunt for her and
that the Guinean escaped at the blind
side of two police officers and two military
personnel who were guarding the
hotel.
Mr Saeed is said to have urged for
Editorial
How secure are our security operations?
calm as measures had been put in place
to ensure the woman could be captured
and returned to quarantine for
her safety as well as that of others.
The foreigners are said to have been
in the country for 11 days before they
were arrested and put in mandatory
self-isolation after they arrived in the
Northern regional capital, Tamale,
through Burkina Faso and Togo.
First, let's accept that the pieces of
information about these Guineans
were provided by them when they were
arrested in Tamale, yet we need to ask
questions.
If as the information has it is the
case, then it means they came in before
our air, land and sea borders were
closed on March 22, 2020, meaning
they could come in then but on certain
conditions such as coming in to do
something sanctioned by Ecowas protocols
since they are from an Ecowas
country and as such can come in without
visa.
Even if that is the case, should that
norm hold at a time the Coronavirus
had announced itself in the West
African sub-region with Burkina Faso
having started recording deaths, however
small the figure was?
Who allowed these foreigners into
our country and under what conditions?
Can we say our borders are not safe
even with the presence of immigration
officers, as security men and women,
doing border preventive or surveillance
duties among other assignments?
Now the Guineans come in and are
found to be Coronavirus-positive and
quarantined, and four security personnel
detailed to watch over or guard the
premises of the hotel where the people
have been quarantined.
Then the nation wakes up to be told
that one of the 10 persons quarantined,
a young woman, one in her 20s,
has escaped from quarantine, and that
she did that on the blind side of the
four security personnel.
Even from the lay man's point of
view, all things being equal, premises
usually have four corners, so ideally,
each security personnel was to man a
corner.
What were the arrangements such
that the men could get a blind side for
that woman to exploit?
Did the security personnel think all
was well, so they congregated at one
place or just slept?
Was there any compromise anywhere?
What actually happened?
These and other questions that
could be asked as the details unfold are
the basis for which the DAILY
HERITAGE tend to raise some concerns
and cap them with the question,
"How secure are our security operations?
As to what the escaped woman can
do to spread the Coronavirus, the
guesses could be many and all would
be right even if she adopts only one.
31 Covid-19 patients recover
– Dep. Health Minister
BY KWAME ACHEAMPONG
THIRTY-ONE
OUT of the 161
Coronavirus patients
in Ghana
have recovered,
Deputy Health
Minister, Mr Alexander Abban,
has told Starr News.
“Government has been very
resolute in the fight against coronavirus.
We are happy to announce
that out of the 161 cases
we have, 31 have recovered,” he
told Starr News's Ibrahim Alhassan
on Tuesday, March 31, 2020.
Meanwhile, twenty-two health
professionals at the Ledzokuku
Krowor Municipal Assembly
(LEKMA) Hospital at Teshie
have been put on quarantine after
a medical doctor at the facility
tested positive for coronavirus.
The unnamed physician is believed
to have contracted the
• Scenes at Ghana’s Airport before the closure
virus at a different health centre
where he works on a part-time
basis.
“He contracted the virus from
another place but he is our staff
member and this got to our attention
on Friday. And since then we
have placed about 22 of the people
we believe he came into contact
with into quarantine so we
can avoid a possible spread if
any," the Municipal Health Director
for LEKMA, Ms Jackie Farijlani,
said.
Some of his colleagues told
Starr News they were scared, especially
as there were not enough
PPE to work with.
Commenting on the development,
the Municipal Health Director
for LEKMA, Ms Jackie
Farijlani, told Starr News the
health directorate had taken
enough measures to ensure health
professionals were protected.
Ghana has recorded 161 confirmed
cases of Coronavirus with
five fatalities as of yesterday,
March 31, 2020. The first confirmed
case was recorded on
March 13, 2020.

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Govt can’t be trusted with Heritage
funds to fight Covid-19 – Jantuah
BY SENANU DAMILOLA WAMAKOR
AFORMER chairman
of the Public
Interest and Accountability
Committee
(PIAC) is
demanding that the
government come clear on how it
is going to police the use of funds
it is demanding from legally appropriated
oil funds, for Covid-19
emergency expenditures.
According to Mr Kwame Jantuah,
not every Ghanaian can
trust the government to use resources
from the futuristic Heritage
and the Stabilization Fund to
mitigate the social and economic
shocks of the Coronavirus pandemic
without an accompanying
clear accountability and transparency
plan.
As part of its Covid-19 Economic
Mitigation Plans, the finance
ministry, among other
demands, is requesting an amendment
of the Petroleum Revenue
Management Act to allow the government
to tap into the US$591
million valued Heritage Fund and
to review the cap on the Stabilization
Fund from US$300 million to
US$100 million.
The finance ministry is also
looking to draw down some transfers
from the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) and the World
Bank while locally deferring the
Bank of Ghana’s interest payments
on non-marketable instruments
to 2022 and beyond.
Mr. Jantuah points out that
reckless expenditure by successive
governments and the yawning gap
of poor accountability makes it
difficult for the ordinary citizen to
trust the government to be given
unfettered access to these funds
for its Covid–19 Alleviation Program
(CAP)
He contended that: “Unfortunately
Ghanaians haven’t really
trusted governments, especially
where finances are concerned because
down the road, we hear the
Auditor General coming to give us
a whole category of things that
have been done that have caused
challenges with our finances.”
Speaking on the Morning Starr
show with Francis Abban yesterday,
he questioned the absence of
an itemized plan for expenditure
and for which period these funds
“It will be very important
for the government
to be able to
itemize some of
these things so that
we all understand
what these particular
emergencies are because
the Heritage
Fund has laws in the
PRMA that govern it
and if you are going
to go into it, you
need to be able to
identify what these
are.”
were to be expended.
“It will be very important for
the government to be able to
itemize some of these things so
that we all understand what these
particular emergencies are because
the Heritage Fund has laws in the
PRMA that govern it and if you
are going to go into it, you need to
be able to identify what these are.”
Mr. Jantuah further lashed out
at Parliament for refusing to heed
the calls from PIAC during the
John Dramani Mahama Administration
to hold the cap of the Stabilization
Fund at $500 million,
insisting the country would have
had enough to cater for the contingency
funds being pooled to
deal with the economic shocks of
Covid-19.
Khiti steps in with ‘Jailer’
BY ERICA ARTHUR
BUDDING DANCE-
HALL female talent
born Iweny Bouassa
Eulogiana
Frédérique, but describes
herself as
Goddess de Wine, the Baddada
(Baddest Gyal), has rolled down a
new single ‘ Jailer’, on which she
featured Epixode, and was produced
by Dream jay.
The song, according to her, is
about a womanizer who finally
meets the woman of his life and
falls in love.
In a phone interview with the
DAILY HERITAGE, Khiti
said she started music after being
discovered by a fellow musician,
“who made me record a trial in his
studio, with the result coming out
wonderful. From that time, I took
music seriously. I am a versatile
artist who enjoys doing Dancehall
because it fits my personality."
The young artist has promised
to change the music atmosphere
to suit women doing music and
also clear the notion of how
women who do dancehall are perceived.
She is currently working on a
music project with Shottoh
Blinqx, Chensee Beatz, Dat Beat
God.
She says she is inspired by her
life experiences and her environment.
Khiti says, “My competition in
the music scene is myself because
I always want to go up, upgrade,
innovate, so I spend my time trying
to surpass my expectations.”
She advised up-and-coming
artists not to lie to themselves,
work hard and always believe in
themselves.
The young artist
has promised to
change the music
atmosphere to suit
women doing music
and also clear the
notion of how
women who do
dancehall are perceived.
• Baddest Gyal

DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2020
Covid-19 scare:
Ghana football risks cancellation
for 2nd year running
THE GHANA
football season is
facing a second
cancellation for
the second year
running amid the coronavirus
pandemic, which is wreaking
havoc across the world.
The 2019/20 season is facing
an imminent termination
as the world struggles to find
a vaccine to cure the deadly
virus.
The Ghana Premier
League has been suspended
indefinitely due to the pandemic
and with it having no
end in sight, it appears this
season could be well over.
The Ghana FA will race
against time to finish the calendar
on time if the situation
is not resolved latest by April.
The Premier League and
lower tier leagues have been
put on ice as the shutdown
begins to bite.
If the league is cancelled, it
will be the second time running
that the season has failed
to complete.
The 2018/2019 league season
was terminated over a
documentary by controversial
journalist Anas Aremeyaw
Anas, which revealed alleged
widespread corruption in the
game.
The Anas exposé
brought
football on its
knees, leaving
Congress- the
highest decisionmaking
body of
the FA -- to officially
confirm its
cancellation.
Ghana football
has suffered
in the past two
seasons and appears
another
cancellation is on
the horizon.
Ghanasoccernet
Kotoko signs
Emmanuel Sarkodie
EMMANUEL SARKODIE
has joined the Porcupine Warriors
from lower-tier side Nkoranza
Warriors on a three-year
deal.
“Some people call me Iniesta,
others call me Alonso and
others too liken my play to Luka
Modric but I see my style of
play akin to that of Andres Iniesta,"
he told Asante Kotoko
Express App.
The central midfielder joined
the club on
Sunday, March
29, after passing
a mandatory
medical examination
in the
course of the
week.
Sarkodie has
been the captain
of first division
side Nkoranza
Warriors for the
last three years
but caught the
eyes of the big
boys for his performance.
Kotoko beat
off stiff competition
from Aduana
Stars, Hearts of Oak, Legon
Cities and Techiman Eleven
Wonders who were all keen on
signing the talented midfielder.
He becomes the first player
to be signed by the club during
the opening of the second
transfer window but the second
player to be registered by the
club after his former teammate
at Nkoranza Warriors, Kwame
Poku, was registered.
Premier League, EFL, PFA to
discuss collective wage cut
PREMIER LEAGUE and English
Football League clubs are
set to discuss a collective wage
deferral agreement at a meeting
with the Professional Footballers'
Association today.
The proposal is one option
to help clubs facing financial
struggles during the coronavirus
crisis.
It is also understood the PFA
will ask clubs if wage deferrals
are justified.
Professional football in England
has been suspended until
April 30, at the earliest because
of the pandemic
It is widely accepted that a
return is likely to come at a later
date.
The Premier League and
English Football League (EFL)
are both committed to finishing
the season but have said they
will resume "only when it is safe
and conditions allow".
'The only certainty is the uncertainty'
- what next for football?
On March 18, the EFL said it
would release a £50m fund to
help its clubs cover shortfalls
this month. Wednesday's
(today's) meeting will now focus
on how to cover April's costs
without any football.
Premier League clubs are
also conscious that not finishing
the season could mean they owe
broadcasters about £760m.
Talks will centre on whether
clubs need to defer wages
among players and if a collective
agreement can be reached.
Players of Championship
leaders, Leeds United, have already
volunteered to take a wage
deferral, while Birmingham
City's players who earn more
than £6,000 a week have also
been asked to take a 50% cut for
the next four months.
But the PFA is urging other
clubs to involve the
union and for a collective
approach to
be taken.
It is understood
that there are also to
be reservations from
other clubs who feel
they have been more
careful with their finances
and do not
want to be forced
into a generic agreement.
Today's meeting will discuss
cash flow data from clubs and
consider any updates issued by
Fifa and Uefa, the world and
European governing bodies,
who are also set to meet earlier
on Wednesday (today).
That meeting will look at
matters such as player contracts
and the transfer system, which
could impact English football.
The PFA is also set to meet
the Football Association about
the future of women's football
in England.
The professional Women's
Super League and Semi-professional
Championship are also
suspended until 30 April.
The Premier League
and English Football
League (EFL) are both
committed to finishing
the season but have
said they will resume
"only when it is safe and
conditions allow".
• Emmanuel Sarkodie