Government needs to take keen interest in our football â Eric Alagidede
Eric AlagidedeNsoatreman General Manager Eric Alagidede has urged the government to take a keen interest in the affairs of Ghana football.He believes that for football to thrive in the country, especially club football, the state has an important role to play.Although Alagidede did not specify the areas where the government needs to take interest, he called for a dialogue about the state of club football in Ghana.Right from the time we said we want to do football in this country, it has been like this. Nothing has changed. What is the interest of our government in our club football? he asked in an interview with Asempa FM.It is very, very crucial. It is not just this government. Both governments that have come and gone and what is to come.We need to sit that and have a conversation so government takes interest in football. I think we need to change our approach to football.Months ago, Eric Alagidede called for the government to grant Ghanaian clubs tax waivers, rather than the buses promised by the ruling NPP in their manifesto.