Nana Yaw Amponsah, Chief Executive Officer of Asante Kotoko, has urged the National Sports Authority (NSA) and the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to erect monuments at all Ghana Premier League venues to remind football fans of the May 9 stadium disaster.
On Tuesday, the NSA and GFA, along with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, commemorated the 22nd anniversary of the May 9 accident.
The event was held to commemorate the death of 127 football supporters at the Accra Sports Stadium in 2001 as a result of a stampede during a Premier League match between Hearts of Oak and Kotoko.
“Hooliganism still continues unabated in our league. Recently, we saw what happened to Tamale City. It’s been happening at various venues. Each of the 22 years that have passed, we have witnessed hooliganism in our league [and] it means we have not learnt from that incident,” he told Joy Sports.
“When it comes to May 9 [aside] the commemoration, this monument [at the Accra Sports Stadium] should be put at every league venue, at every league centre to remind us. There should be something like a signpost to remind us that if you go in and misbehave, what happened 22 years ago can repeat itself.”
