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Fear grips soccer fans over World Cup ticket rates

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  • EFO KOKU 10 years ago

    I know this useless Dubai guy will politicize this event and use tax payers money to sponsor some people and say the better Ghana agenda is on course. How do you guys support a team through government funds? If you can't affo ...
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  • Sammy the Sheriff 10 years ago

    Government should not use one dime of taxpayers money to send anybody to Brazil. With tickets alone costing close to $1600, every individual sent to Brazil will cost more than $5000 with plane tickets, hotel accomodation and ...
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  • kkkkk 10 years ago

    Ghanaians want government to pay for everything, HAJJ, Christians to Israel, supporters to World Cup. Aba Ghana! I believe there are enough Ghanaians living home and abroad home can pay to go and support the Black stars. Plea ...
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  • bb 10 years ago

    Well let's just not throw the dirty water away with the child yet.

    I guess what they are asking for is some form of subsidy. Much as the very idea stinks, we must not forget that the well dressed "Mr I can Afford to pay on ...
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  • TTDK 10 years ago

    This is funny! I can see why the country is always broke, government should fund your WANTS? Really! This is not a NEED, if you can't afford this prices then stay home. $1,542 is too much, then select and purchase the one's w ...
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  • mohammed amin abdallah,adenta,fafraha 10 years ago

    this is sense,ghanaians we don't need the world cup,it is too expensive for the country like ghana.we have more burning national issues to tackle that are by far better than just watching football,i call on the corporate ghan ...
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  • Dan Vadis 10 years ago

    fellow ghanaians let just wait for them
    to use tax payer money for just one per-
    son,this country will be on fire.please fellow ghanaians if you do not have the
    money to go is not by force stay home and watch tv.we have ma ...
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  • Die Harder 10 years ago

    Since most of the footballers are foreign earners, I suggest that they help fund the tickets of our die hard supporters. Michael Essien alone maybe able to pay for 30 persons not to mention the rest.

  • kwesi 10 years ago

    how can Michael Essien use is money to sponsor 30 people do brazil u are insane why cant he use dat money to get good water for is hometown and also build some schools for is hometown and beside he have families who a ...
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  • mohammed amin abdallah,adenta,fafraha 10 years ago

    GHANAIANS WE SHOULD GET OUR PRIORITY RIGHT.WHERE ON EARTH ARE OUR AMBITION FOR DEVELOPMENT.FELLW GHANAIANS SAY NO TO THE COST OF THE WORLD CUP.SAY YES TO THE ROAD,WATER,ELECTRICITY,IS THAT OUR AUSTERITY MEASURES TO REDUCE OUR ...
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  • daniddabrothers 10 years ago

    why should govt support fans with that amount.people are so selfish to the extent that the just fight for their own interests.just imagine the num of poor children that money can help.i am sure the writer is insane.he might b ...
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  • Ato Kwamina Wright. 10 years ago

    It is a great sadness to read from people who claimed to have this nation, Ghana at heart but asking the already collapsing economy for this huge sum of money for supporters to go and support the team.I know football unite pe ...
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  • KAKABO 10 years ago

    The attitude of these so called Ghanaian supporters on the world cup tickets sums up the mentality of we Ghanaians. These people will not ask Government to subsidize school fees for their kids. They will not ask government to ...
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  • Soothsayer 10 years ago

    Pathetic needs

  • Mavis 10 years ago

    i think our social, health, economic and infrastructural needs are extremely important for the nation, people and development than sponsoring people to the world cup. kudos kakabo. I think God created Ghanaian, I hope the gov ...
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  • Rabon Zee 10 years ago

    FIFA accrues billions of dollars from each world cup event. After FIFA takes a Lion's share of the money, it shares the remaining money among the participating nations using a hand-crafted Ananse formula. Countries that finis ...
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  • kwame, usa 10 years ago

    Let us ask ourselves, even the great countries like USA, England etc won't waste their money on such things. Many are suffering please let all ghanaian enjoy our tax money. If you are really a die fun find your own way to Bra ...
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