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We are still committed to contract with GFA - StarTimes

Startime Fa StarTimes will not end their contract with GFA

Sat, 9 Jun 2018 Source: ghanasoccernet.com

Head of Marketing at StarTimes Ghana Limited, Ms Akorfa Djakui has reiterated that her outfit will continue to partner the Ghana Premier League despite the bribery scandal that has hit the Ghana Football Association.

Ghana football was massively shaken on Wednesday following the public viewing of an undercover investigative documentary by Anas Aremeyaw Anas dubbed ‘Number 12’.

The much-anticipated documentary exposed the corruption in Ghana sports, especially the GFA where top officials and referees were caught taking money - including some collecting as little as GH¢200 ($42) - to influence match results in the domestic league as well as push players into national teams.

However, Ms Akorfa insists her outfit will not stand on the video to sever ties with the Ghana Premier League.

“We are the official broadcast partners of the GFA and so we do not think we should be affected in anyway. Indeed we had a partnership with the GFA, we had a contract which I’m sure is available, the probing might go as far as checking what we signed with them and so on,” Ms Djankui noted.

“We believe that if the Ghana Football is going to be overhauled, then we need to position ourselves to partner whoever would be in charge if the FA would come back. If some other bodies would be put in place to regulate football in Ghana we are ever ready to support football in Ghana,” he added.

StarTimes are a major investor in the local game having signed a ten year broadcasting contract with the GFA in 2016 worth over $17 million.

Source: ghanasoccernet.com
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