The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, on behalf of the president, offered the money to the Member of Parliament for Tarkwa-Nsuaem, George Mireku Duker within the presence of some administration members of Medeama SC.
“I had the privilege of presenting a GH¢1 million from H. E. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to the MP for Takwa Nsuem, Hon. George Mireku Duker on behalf of Medeama Sporting Club, as a fulfillment of his pledge to them for winning the 2022/23 league and also qualifying for the CAF Champions League,” he wrote.
He additional wished the staff properly within the CAF first-tier interclub competitors.
“Together, we champion the spirit of sportsmanship and national pride. Best of luck to Medeama SC and I wish them well in their campaign in Africa.”
The President pledged to assist the membership’s Africa marketing campaign after the Mauves and Yellows offered the Ghana Premier League trophy to him on the Jubilee House on Wednesday, 2nd August 2023.
“I will try to provide a million Ghana Cedis to help you in the CAF campaign. The deputy minister insists that if I’m in Ghana on the 20th, I should come to Cape Coast. I’ll see. We’ll do our best to assist in your continental engagements this year, to ensure you have a successful tilt,” stated President Akufo-Addo.
The monetary support turns out to be useful after the membership’s CEO Moses Armah highlighted in a earlier interview that taking part in in Africa’s flagship membership competitors is financially suffocating.
“It is not easy but we are waiting and have returned…Goldfields gave us 100,000 USD for our trip, and the money has finished; that is what we used to prepare for the first game,” he instructed Peace FM.
“We were waiting for CAF to give us something, but to date, we have received nothing. We hope that other money that we should get will come,” he added.
Medeama are second of their group with 4 factors after three video games, trailing leaders Ah Aly by some extent.