{"id":461815,"date":"2011-07-15T18:17:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T18:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/15\/ex-national-star-polo-supports-ex-gratia-for-retired-footballers\/"},"modified":"2011-07-15T18:17:06","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T18:17:06","slug":"ex-national-star-polo-supports-ex-gratia-for-retired-footballers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/15\/ex-national-star-polo-supports-ex-gratia-for-retired-footballers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex National Star Polo Supports Ex-gratia For Retired Footballers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"58.5\">\n<p><strong>By Ameenu Shardow<\/strong><\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-34917\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/ex-national-star-polo-supports-ex-gratia-for-retired-footballers\/ex-national-star-mohammed-polo\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34917\" title=\"Ex national star Polo supports ex-gratia for retired footballers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Ex-national-star-Mohammed-Polo.jpg\" alt=\"Ex national star Polo supports ex-gratia for retired footballers\" width=\"400\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ex national star, Mohammed Polo<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Mohammed Polo has endorsed suggestions to get authorities to establish an award scheme for retired footballers who served the country with distinction.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There have been mixed reactions towards the idea of paying ex-gratia to the former national stars \u2013 especially ones who have won various laurels for the nation ever since\u00a0 <em><strong>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/strong><\/em> broke the news on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>However former Black Stars player Mohammed Polo says he is in full support of the idea and added its about time the state took a critical look at acknowledging its heroes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think its a brilliant idea by the Pfag and I fully support it,\u201d Polo told Joy FM\u2019s sports debate show, \u2018On The Spot\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of my colleagues I must say have not received their due acknowledgement for their contribution to Ghana football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t necessarily have to be in monetary terms but then something to show that the state recognizes the sacrifice and achievements made by some of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (Pfag), led by its general secretary Tony Baffoe, have indicated their preparedness to table and discuss an official proposal on the matter to the Ghana FA for serious consideration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/ex-national-star-polo-supports-ex-gratia-for-retired-footballers\/\" title=\"Ex National Star Polo Supports Ex-gratia For Retired Footballers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ex National Star Polo Supports Ex-gratia For Retired Footballers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ameenu Shardow Ex national star, Mohammed Polo Mohammed Polo has endorsed suggestions to get authorities to establish an award scheme for retired footballers who served the country with distinction. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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