{"id":400735,"date":"2017-07-13T12:50:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T12:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/13\/akufo-addo-saddened-by-kotoko-accident\/"},"modified":"2017-07-13T12:50:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T12:50:58","slug":"akufo-addo-saddened-by-kotoko-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/13\/akufo-addo-saddened-by-kotoko-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo \u2018saddened\u2019 by Kotoko accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 13 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>adomonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/16202957.295.jpg\" alt=\"Akufo Addo Ran Off Prayer\" title=\"Akufo Addo Ran Off Prayer\" width=\"295\" height=\"160\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385127052\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385127052\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1499950258_529_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that he is saddened by the accident involving the players and officials of Kumasi Asante Kotoko.<\/p>\n<p>The officials and players of the African Club of the Century were involved in a crash at the Nkawkaw by pass which led to injury to several of the officials and players.<\/p>\n<p>Equipment officer of the club was said to have lost his life in the accident which has shocked the entire football fraternity.<\/p>\n<p>And the President commenting on it, said he was \u2018saddened\u2019 by the accident.<\/p>\n<p>Premier league club, Inter Allies FC, which won Wednesday game against Kotoko at the El-Wak Stadium in Accra tweeted they were saddened by the accident and wished the injured speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah has indicated that the government will bear the medical costs of the players and officials  who were involved in the accident.<\/p>\n<p>The regional minister, who visited the players at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital on Thursday July 13, donated an amount of GHS10,000 to the team and also said the government would take care of the medical bills.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Saddened by the news of the accident involving players &amp; officials of Kotoko. My heart goes out to the team; speedy recovery to the injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) July 13, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">my thoughts and prayers are with the  management, playing body and the supporters of Kumasi Asante Kotoko on this fatal accident @AnimSammy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ASAMOAH GYAN (@ASAMOAH_GYAN3) July 13, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Everyone at Inter Allies is saddened to learn of Asante Kotoko&#8217;s accident. Our thoughts are with them &amp; we share their pain. #PrayForKotoko pic.twitter.com\/6AsX2fptRh<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Inter Allies FC (@InterAlliesFC) July 13, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 updated by: 49 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 13 July 2017 Source: adomonline.com 2017-07-13 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo &#13; The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that he is saddened by the accident involving the players and officials of Kumasi Asante Kotoko. 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