Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) Vice President, George Akwasi Afriyie has commended the current FA and stakeholders for the reduction of hooliganism at match centres.
In an interview, he expressed his satisfaction with the efforts done to reduce the “evil tag” which was destroying the beauty of our Football, though hooliganism has not been eradicated it has been reduced drastically.
“One thing that we have to praise the football association and the football people for is that the act of hooliganism has reduced drastically. It has not vanished completely but has gone down,”
George Afriyie called for more efforts to maintain the positive trend in Ghana football match venues.
“This is one thing we can all pat ourselves on the back and continue improving on,” – he concluded.
Ghana football was subjected to weekly reports of fan violence and hooliganism across centres in the various divisions in previous years.
However, the cases have been minimal this season.
He is currently the owner and President of Ghanaian club planners Athletic club which plays in the second-tier league.
Story by George Opoku Boateng – ahotoronline
