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Ghana FA secures sponsorship for second-tier league

Xinhua, February 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has secured a 2.1 million cedis (over 650,000 U.S. dollars) three- year sponsorship deal for the second-tier league.

GN Bank, a wholly-owned Ghanaian bank, was officially unveiled as the sponsor of the Division One league at a ceremony in Accra on Wednesday.

The lower league has been without a major sponsor after the deal with PolyTank ended over two years.

The President of the GFA Kwesi Nyantakyi said the sponsorship deal will help develop the second-tier league.

"This sponsorship comes as a relieve to the GFA and the Division One clubs. It will also go a long way to develop the Division One League", Nyantakyi said.

The General Manager of GN Bank Issah Adams said his institution sees the league as the people's league because it offers a breeding ground for unearthing talents for the various national teams.

The indigenous bank becomes the second financial institution to bankroll a league in Ghana after First Capital Plus Bank's funding of the Premier League.

The Division One league is set to begin next weekend across the country in all three zones.

In the league's new structure, clubs will engage each other in a 16-club league in each of the three zones with winners of the zones qualifying into the Premier League. Endite