Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kurt Okraku is teaming up with the Youth & Sports
Ministry to assist the stranded Ghanaians footballers in Ethiopia and other parts of Africa to return
home.
The move was in response to pleas by many Ghanaian players, particularly in the Ethiopian league,
which has been truncated due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Early this week, players on the continent appealed to government to offer them travel assistance to
enable them to return home following closures of the borders.
Videos of the stranded players have emerged where they stated that they have spent all their cash on
food and are facing imminent ejections from their various places due to the cancellation of their
respective leagues.
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Consequently, Kurt Okraku has announced that his outfit and the Sports Ministry were collaborating to
assist the footballers return home.
“I have just taken notice of a video of some Ghanaian footballers who seem to be stranded in Ethiopia.
I’m in contact with Hon. Issac Kwame Asiamah (Sports Minister) who has directed that contact be
made with the boys and the Ghana Embassy in Ethiopia…
“All hands on deck at the moment to offer every support to our brothers…..
“Soon,….this too shall pass!,” Kurt wrote on Facebook.
Meanwhile, Ghana’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Mrs. Amma A. Twum-Amoah, has also responded to the
players’ cries after several attempts.
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The players—led by former Black Stars defender Lee Addy and former Kotoko goalkeeper Muntari
Tagoe—have been left stranded since March.
Indications are that the players went to the Ghanaian consulate in Ethiopia, where they were asked to
pay $2,000 to be airlifted by a cargo plane to Accra.
“We have received a call from the GFA after our video. We’ve delivered our details and the
ambassador’s number to them,” Addy told OTEC FM.
“The ambassador also called and explained things to us and we’ve responded to her. We are waiting for
what will happen next,” he added.
By Kofi Owusu Aduonum
