By
Stephen Asante, GNA
Kumasi, Sept. 11, GNA – The Management of
Asante Kotoko S/C, is putting in place adequate measures to check ticket
racketeering in their Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Champions’ League
preliminary fixture against Tunisia’s Etoile du Sahel.
The first leg is being honoured at the Baba
Yara Stadium, Kumasi, on Sunday, September 15, 2019, in a match expected to
attract more than 35, 000 spectators.
The issue of ticketing in matches involving
the Porcupine Warriors, two-time African champions, had for some time now been
a suspect with consistent reports of mass racketeering.
The GNA Sports gathered that in a bid to nip
in the bud this “mafia” work, the Management was engaging the services of
experts to enhance proper accountability during the said match.
“Kotoko has suffered over the years
when it comes to the issue of fake tickets being used at the points of entry to
the Stadium,” Nana Kwasi Gyambibi, a Kotoko Management member told newsmen
in Kumasi.
This, he said, deprived the club of the
needed revenue, stressing that in most cases, the huge patronage for Kotoko’s
matches did not commensurate with proceeds at the gates.
Nana Gyambibi said as part of security
measures for the impending game, printed tickets with special features would be
sold in advance at some designates points of the city.
Those features, he explained, could only be
identified with bar codes printed on the tickets.
“We would be scanning the bar codes to
identify the authenticity of each ticket before entry is allowed to the
spectators,” Nana Gyambibi noted.
Additionally, there are plans to install
CCTV cameras at very important positions of the Stadium to enhance the security
situation.
GNA
