{"id":1123069,"date":"2022-06-15T14:31:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T14:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/15\/govt-to-assist-asante-kotoko-ahead-of-africa-campaign-next-season\/"},"modified":"2022-06-15T14:31:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T14:31:37","slug":"govt-to-assist-asante-kotoko-ahead-of-africa-campaign-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/15\/govt-to-assist-asante-kotoko-ahead-of-africa-campaign-next-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt to assist Asante Kotoko ahead of Africa campaign next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/download-2-696x464.png\"   alt=\"Kotoko CEO and NLA boss, Sammy Awuku\" title=\"Kotoko CEO and NLA boss, Sammy Awuku\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kotoko CEO and NLA boss, Sammy Awuku<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>   <!--  --><\/p>\n<p>National Lottery Authority [NLA] boss, Sammy Awuku, has hinted that government will support Asante Kotoko ahead of their 2022\/23 CAF Champions League participation.<\/p>\n<p>The Porcupine Warriors, having won the 2021\/22 Ghana Premier League, will represent the country in CAF\u2019s elite competition next season.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview,\u00a0Mr Awuku has heaped praise on Asante Kotoko for their success this season.<\/p>\n<p>While urging the team to improve on its attack, the Youth Organizer for the ruling New Patriotic Party assured\u00a0that the team will receive support for the Africa campaign.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that in terms of tactical discipline, it\u2019s been good, their scoring ability is what they (Asante Kotoko) should work on,\u201d he told Kumasi-based Akoma FM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot waste such opportunities in Africa. But their overall game plan looks very fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment will do its part, same as the NLA and also the Ministry of Youth and Sports to raise funds for Kotoko to do well in Africa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Asante Kotoko on Sunday, June 12, were officially crowned the champions of the 2021\/22 Ghana Premier League season.<\/p>\n<p>The coronation ceremony was held at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium after the 3-0 win against Elmina Sharks.<\/p>\n<p>Asante Kotoko will wrap up their 2021\/22 season with an away game against Accra Lions at the Accra Sports Stadium this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"tdH74yQD4aw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The All Star Game - Badwam Afisem on Adom TV (15-6-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tdH74yQD4aw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kotoko CEO and NLA boss, Sammy Awuku National Lottery Authority [NLA] boss, Sammy Awuku, has hinted that government will support Asante Kotoko ahead of their 2022\/23 CAF Champions League participation. The Porcupine Warriors, having won the 2021\/22 Ghana Premier League, will represent the country in CAF\u2019s elite competition next season. Speaking in an interview,\u00a0Mr Awuku [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1123071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[671,260,213,2886,487,225,16,611],"class_list":["post-1123069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-africa","tag-ahead","tag-asante","tag-assist","tag-campaign","tag-govt","tag-kotoko","tag-season"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1123069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1123069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1123069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1123069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}