Kwabena Adjei Agyapong has urged Ghanaian Premier League clubs to lower gate fees in order to attract more fans to games.
The seasoned TV football analyst emphasised that lowering ticket fees rather than raising pricing makes far more economic sense.
Concerns have been conveyed recently regarding low attendance at Premier League games, particularly those involving Ghana’s two biggest clubs, Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports said earlier this year that it had initiated a series of meetings with stakeholders to deliberate on how to attract fans to the various facilities.
Prosper Harrison Addo, General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association, stated last month that match attendance cannot be used to determine the health of the Ghana Premier League (GPL).
“I think perhaps we should work with the clubs to also reduce the cost. I think that filling the stadium like Kumasi, with 50,000 people paying Ghc5.00 is better than making it Ghc20.00 and just a thousand or two thousand people if you watch the mathematics,” the former General Secretary of NPP said on Luv FM.
“Times are hard, with all respect those who watch football are people who struggle but they love the game. They have to travel and now we know transport fares are high, they have to eat and so therefore the ticket prices we have to look at it, and then encourage them [fans] and let’s mount a deliberate campaign,” he emphasized.
