Spokesperson of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Henry Asante Twum has divulged the intentions of the federation following their partnership with the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA).
The Ghana Tourism Authority, in collaboration with the Ghana Football Association and the Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG), on Friday, October 02, 2020, launched the visit Ghana BringBackTheLove football tour at the Tourism Centre, near Afrikiko, Accra.
This GTA programme, falls in line with the government’s broader ‘Beyond the Return’ initiative which succeeded the Year of Return programme, launched in 2019.
The initiative is mainly to promote tourism and homecoming of Africans and Ghanaians in the diaspora and also to foster economic relations and investments in Tourism and football.
The GTA has realized that football forms a greater part of the daily lives of Ghanaians and want to use the ‘people’s sport’ to promote Ghana’s tourism.
Shedding light on the partnership with the state agency, Henry Asante Twum told Alpha Radio,
“As part of the partnership we have decided to play two games in Cape Coast to raise money and support other sectors,”
He continued: “We have decided to give percentage of the money raised from the gate proceeds in the friendly game to support both Malaria Control Board and Burns Unity at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital because the FA must also help other sectors to grow than benefiting itself”.
He concluded by saying, “GTV is the official TV partners and all programs will be aired on GTV.”
