Kwabena Adjei Agyepong, a former general secretary of the New Patriotic Party [NPP], has asked Ghana Premier League clubs to lower entrance prices to draw more spectators to games.
Poor attendance has been reported at all of the stadiums this season.
The former pundit underlined in an interview that it would be much more prudent economically to lower gate fees rather than raise pricing.
He continued by saying that since reasonable admission prices can draw more spectators to the stadiums, clubs should do so.
“I think perhaps we should work with the clubs to also reduce the cost. I think that filling the stadium like Kumasi, with 50,000 people paying Ghc5.00 is better than making it Ghc20.00 and just a thousand or two thousand people if you watch the mathematics,” said the former broadcaster told Kumasi-based LUV FM.
“Times are hard, with all respect those who watch football are people who struggle but they love the game. They have to travel and now we know transport fares are high, they have to eat and so therefore the ticket prices we have to look at it, and then encourage them [fans] and let’s mount a deliberate campaign,” he emphasized.
Meanwhile, the 2022/23 Ghana Premier League games continue today and Thursday in the matchday 28 games at the various stadia.