[ads2] The former Chairman of Asante Kotoko, Herbert Mensah has called for stiffer punishment for football hooligans who threaten the survival of the game. The renowned sports administrator believes for domestic football to be developed to attract the attention of businesses, the football authorities should deal with hooliganism at match venues. According to Mr. Mensah, no organization will invest in businesses full of hooliganism hence for the domestic league to developed, violence in the league should be dealt with accordingly. “Am more concern with the violence going on at our stadium, though I don’t know of Kurt’s plans towards the…
Author: Kwame Stephen Yeboah
[ads2] Melcom Ghana Ltd, retailers of household consumable goods has donated to families of the victims of the Accra stadium disaster and other vulnerable groups on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the historic incident. May 9 2021 marks 20 years since the Accra sports stadium disaster claimed the lives of 126 Ghanaians in a stampede caused by police tear gas during a game between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko at the Accra sports stadium.[ads1] Although no official has been held responsible and accountable over the period of 20 years for the disaster, the families of…
[ads2] Interplast Ghana Ltd, producers of plastic pipe systems has donated to families of the victims of the Accra stadium disaster and other vulnerable groups on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the historic incident. May 9 2021 marks 20 years since the Accra sports stadium disaster claimed the lives of 126 Ghanaians in a stampede caused by police tear gas during a game between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko at the Accra sports stadium. Although no official has been held responsible and accountable over the period of 20 years for the disaster, the families of…
[ads2] PJS Group Ghana Ltd, distributors of RED EAGLE RICE has donated food products to families of the victims of the Accra stadium disaster and other vulnerable groups on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the historic incident. May 9 2021 marks 20 years since the Accra sports stadium disaster claimed the lives of 126 Ghanaians in a stampede caused by police tear gas during a game between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko at the Accra sports stadium. Although no official has been held responsible and accountable over the period of 20 years for the disaster,…
[ads2] Sunda International, a Chinese company operating in Ghana has donated assorted products to families of the victims of the Accra stadium disaster on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the historic incident. May 9 2021 marks 20 years since the Accra sports stadium disaster claimed the lives of 126 Ghanaians in a stampede caused by police tear gas during a game between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko at the Accra sports stadium.[ads3] Although no official has been held responsible and accountable over the period of 20 years for the disaster, the families of the victims…
[ads3] Conserveria Ghana Ltd, producers of Gino and Pomo food products has donated assorted products to families of the victims of the Accra stadium disaster on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the historic incident. May 9 2021 marks 20 years since the Accra sports stadium disaster claimed the lives of 126 Ghanaians in a stampede caused by police tear gas during a game between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko at the Accra sports stadium.[ads1] Although no official has been held responsible and accountable over the period of 20 years for the disaster, the families of…
[ads2] The GNPC Foundation has handed over keys to a newly constructed 160-bed dormitory facility for the Queens Girls Senior High School in Sefwi Anhwiaso, Western North Region. The facility, which will also be furnished with beds by the Foundation, is expected to augment the school’s inadequate infrastructural base and improve on overall academic experience.[ads4] At the short handing over ceremony, the Executive Director of the GNPC Foundation, Dr. Dominic Eduah, stressed that education remains the bedrock of Ghana’s development and assured that the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) would continue to aid schools and educational institutions in need of…
[ads3] Ace sports administrator, Herbert Mensah who was the Chairman of Asante Kotoko at the time of the second biggest recorded stadium disaster, has been committed to the cause of remembering the tragedy and the souls that lost their lives for 20 consecutive years! The disaster occurred at the Accra Sports Stadium now known as the Ohene Djan Stadium on May 9th, 2001. It took the lives of 127 people, making it the worst stadium disaster to have ever taken place in Africa. The incident occurred during a match between Ghana’s two most successful football teams; Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting…
[ads3] A charity group based in the United Kingdom, DESO (Disabled Equipment Sent Overseas) supported this year’s commemoration of the May 9th stadium disaster that saw over a hundred supporters perishing at the Accra Sports Stadium. The tragic incident in Ghana’s football history occurred on May 9, 2001, during a crucial game between the two most glamorous clubs in Ghana football Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko in Accra.[ads1] Over a hundred souls perished in that tragic incident while others were injured leading to some being disabled. As part of activities to commemorate the tragic incident, ace sports administrator Herbert Mensah who…
[ads3] May 9 2021 marks 20 years since the Accra sports stadium disaster that took away the lives of over 126 Ghanaian soccer fans and brutally shocked the nation. The Accra stadium disaster negatively affected the game of football in Ghana especially match day attendance between the two rival clubs at the center of the 2001 stadium disaster. Fans of both Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko football clubs died during the historic disaster. For 20 years, there has been a lot of talk from sports and government authorities about what may have gone wrong during the game…