Trouble looms over new Ghana league sponsor

Starr Sports’ investigations have revealed that the Sports Ministry has secured a new lucrative sponsorship deal for the Ghana Premier League from an international oil and gas firm.

The new sponsorship deal is from an Asian petroleum giant, which is ready to seal a four-year contract with the Ghana FA.

According to the conditions of the new sponsorship deal, the Sports Ministry will issue directives on how the GFA disburses the full sum from the deal to the stakeholders - the 16 clubs and the brokerage agency.

The GFA’s brewing feud with the Sports Ministry could also prompt a decision by the nation’s football governing body to reject the deal.

Some top Ghana Premier League clubs are ready to withdraw their participation from the domestic top flight once the GFA refuses the deal.

The GPL has been without a sponsor since November 2015, when Capital Bank withdrew its sponsorship over a restructuring exercise.