{"id":418371,"date":"2017-09-14T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/14\/u17-wc-government-hints-flying-supporters-to-india-ahead-of-tournament\/"},"modified":"2017-09-14T16:00:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T16:00:35","slug":"u17-wc-government-hints-flying-supporters-to-india-ahead-of-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/14\/u17-wc-government-hints-flying-supporters-to-india-ahead-of-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"U17 WC: Government hints flying supporters to India ahead of tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 14 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-14<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/34735450.295.jpg\" alt=\"Isaac Asiamah Jersey\" title=\"Isaac Asiamah Jersey\" width=\"295\" height=\"225\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Sports minister Isaac Asiamah<\/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=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1505404835_877_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana&#8217;s government will fly supporters to India ahead of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Sports minister Isaac Asiamah has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The young minister says his outfit is seeking for sponsorship from the corp0rate industry  to fly local fans to the Asian country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there should be any organisation for supporters which may happen this time round for them to go and cheer them up in India, we will ask them to come together under one elephant. Yes they should come together,&#8221; he said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you come together then we will have the courage to support but not these splinter groups. We want them to be under one body, united Ghana supporters, where they are supporting one team and so far they are almost there. The discussions are on-going.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want them to come under one body so they are making progress. If they are able to achieve that one, then government will be courageous enough to spend our own money to support them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The move if concretized will spark a wave of criticism after the country&#8217;s was ridiculed for flying 3 million dollars to Brazil to pay players of the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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