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Sammy Gyamfi blasts Youth and Sports Ministry over no vaccination, no entry directive for sports fans

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has issued a directive to the National Sports Authority and the Ghana Football Association to ensure that only fans who are fully vaccinated are admitted into the various stadia on matchdays.

This was contained in a press statement issued by the Public Relations Directorate of the Ministry of Youth and Sports on Tuesday, March 1, 2022.

It will be recalled that in October, 2021, the President of the Ghana Football Association Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku announced a “No vaccination, No entry” policy for fans ahead of the 2021/2022 League season.

He mentioned, that the Ghana Football Association was working with government and relevant stakeholders to ensure that fans take their COVID-19 jabs and get vaccinated before they will be allowed to watch games at the various league centres.

The latest directive comes after the Director-General of the National Sports Authority last week revealed that clubs can now admit supporters to full capacity of their respective grounds.

Reacting to this, the Communications Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi said the directive by the government of Ghana is ridiculous and in his own words ‘nonsense’ and unlawful as it not supported by science.

He accused the government of perpetuating an illegality by this directive.

“That’s pure nonsense. The Directive for compulsory vaccination of football spectators is unlawful and it is not supported by science.” He emphasized

Ghana will take on the Super Eagles at the Cape Coast Stadium on Friday, March 25, 2022 with the return slated in four days’ time.

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