The president of the Ghana Football Asociation Kwasi Nyantakyi has praised the chairman of mobile phone giants Glo Dr Mike Adengua for his support for soccer in Africa.
The GFA President made the pledge during the formal signing of a five-year US$15 million contract for the title sponsorship of the Ghana Premier League by Glo Mobile Ghana in Accra on Monday.
I would like to assure Dr. Adenuga that we share in his vision to develop African football and that we aspire to see Ghana football and Glo attain the status of two best brands in Africa and possibly the world?.Extolling the virtues of the Globacom Chairman, the GFA boss said, ?Dr Adenuga demonstrated to us to be a gentleman and a businessman per excellence when we had the rare privilege of meeting with him.
Mr. Nyantakyi said he was optimistic that Glo would bring to bear on the Ghana Premier League the same level of professionalism which it had demonstrated in all the markets it was operating in and in all the sponsorships it had been involved in, including the CAF Awards and the Nigerian Premier League.
He described Glo as one of the best telecommunications networks in the world and the GFA as one of the best brands in African football, adding that it was therefore not just a coincidence that there was a marriage between the two excellent brands. ?These two brands are going to germinate from the seed sewn with this sponsorship and grow and glow.
I enjoin all Ghanaians to reciprocate the kind gesture shown by Glo by patronizing the telecoms company massively when they launch their network?, he said. Mr Nyantakyi assured Glo Mobile that the GFA would make its massive investment in Ghana football worth the while.
Glo will not regret its investment. We know this sponsorship is huge and it is not charity. We?ll do our best to give you (Glo) good return on your investment in Ghana football?, he said.
On behalf of Ghana Football Association, I congratulate Glo for choosing to sponsor the Ghana Premier League?, he said.Africa?s telecoms giant, Globacom won the rights to sponsor the Ghana Premier League for the next five years at the cost of $15 million (about N2 billion).
It is the biggest sponsorship package in the annals of Ghana football league. Glo Mobile Ghana also sponsored the last edition of the Top 4. The telecoms company recently won a licence to operate cellular mobile service in Ghana and it said its plan to roll out world class telecoms services that will excite all Ghanaians has reached a very advanced stage.
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