President of the GFA Mr. Kurt Okraku has announced at the Max TV Studio on Thursday evening that the winners of the 2020/2021 Ghana Premier League will take home 250,000ghc plus the trophy, 40 gold medals and shopping voucher from Melcom Ghana worth GHS10,000.

Launching the competition, he made known that 150, 000ghc and 40 silver medals will go to the runners up and 80, 000ghc and 40 bronze medals will be taken by the third placed club.

He said all the 18 Premier League clubs will receive GHS10.000.00 as seed money for preparation for the season.

Winners of the Division One League (DOL) and Women’s Premier League (WPL) will also take home handsome cash prizes, medals and sponsors products. The teams will also be entitled to shopping vouchers from Melcom Ghana

The GFA President thanked their sponsors and partners namely, MTN, Macron, Decathlon, Melcom, InterCity STC, Nasco, Puma and StarTimes.

With the launch out of the way, all is set for the opening weekend of the Premier League which is scheduled for the weekend of November 13-15.

The last football season had to be suspended in March as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Later, in June, the season was canceled following a ban on the sport by the government to help stop the spread of the virus.

After 10 months, a new football season is about to begin with the country’s football governing body tasked to ensure all safety protocols against the Coronavirus is strictly enforced in accordance with the guidelines provided by the government.

By Sammy Heywood Okine