GFA ExCO donates monthly allowance to Offinso River accident victims

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The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has taken a decision to donate its monthly allowance for the month of September 2020 to the Offinso accident victims.

All the members of the Council collectively decided on Monday, September 21, 2020, to support the victims.

This follows an accident on Saturday, involving about 34 young footballers of Africa Vision Soccer Academy claiming the lives of seven footballers. The minibus they were travelling in plunged into the Offinso River.

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Sadly, six of the young footballers died on the spot while one, who was in a critical condition, died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi on Sunday.

Fortunately, 10 of the victims were treated at the St. Patrick’s Hospital and have been discharged.

The GFA on Sunday, September 20, 2020, sent a delegation, led by Executive Council member Frederick Acheampong and Ashanti Regional Football Association Chairman, Osei Tutu Agyemang to Offinso to commiserate with families of the victims and to visit the injured players.