Gov’t not good to football – Jawula

Former Ghana Football Association president, Alhaji Lepowura MND Jawula has accused government of been a contributing factor to the decline of local football.

Ghana’s sole representative in the CAF Champions League this year, Ashanti Gold were eliminated from the competition last Sunday and that has extended Ghanaian clubs failure to reach the Group stage of the CAF Champions League since 2012.

And Alhaji MND Jawula believes government’s failure to offer financial support to clubs when they qualify to represent the country is a mitigating factor in their quest for success in the continental inter-club football competition.

“All governments have not been good to football and I have been saying this over and over and when we qualified for Africa we are among the few countries where government pays nothing to the clubs,” Jawula told Joy Sports

“If government should even handle the flight and accommodation for our clubs that qualify then they will have money to left over to pay extra bonuses which will motivate the players.

“There are a lot we are not getting right and I think our football authorities should sit with government and to avoid quarreling and fighting over unnecessary World Cup money, let us make the government know where the difficulty is so they can support.” He opined.

Ashanti Gold lost out their place in the competition after suffering a 3-2 aggregate loss to MO Bejaia. Medeama SC remains Ghana’s only Africa representative in the continental inter-club football competition.