Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club and Kumasi Asante Kotoko Sporting Club have released a joint statement demanding a wide ranging set of reforms.
The Ghanaian giant clubs released the statement earlier on Monday, February 10 in a show of diplomatic force to get the Ghanaian top flight back on track after several years of decline.
This statement release comes in the wake of the violent clashes that took place during and after Kotoko’s Week 19 league game against Nsoatreman FC in Nsoatre.
The clashes led to the death of popular Kotoko fan Francis Yaw “Pooley” Frimpong via stabbing; the league has since been suspended with its return date yet to be determined.
A series of meetings have been held between the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kotoko and other stakeholders in Ghana football including Ghana Premier League teams and Access Bank Division One teams to address fan hooliganism.
In the joint statement, Hearts and Kotoko have called for the running of the league to be taken from the GFA and handed to an autonomous body with both teams having automatic spots on the GFA’s Executive Committee moving forward.
Scroll down to read the joint statement from Hearts and Kotoko.
