A statement said the club “would like to express their gratitude to Ronald for the service he has given to the club over the past 16 months”.

The Toffees are 18th in the Premier League and have won just two of their nine league games this season.

“I still believe I can change the whole situation,” Koeman had said on Sunday.

Koeman became the third Premier League managerial casualty of the season after Frank de Boer left Crystal Palace and Craig Shakespeare was sacked by Leicester.

The 54-year-old Dutchman, who guided Everton to seventh place in his first season in charge last term, paid the price for a poor start to this season despite having spent £140m in the summer.

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After withstanding some early pressure, Sean Dyche’s side took the lead against the run of play with build-up play which included a series of 24 passes.

Everton’s Nikola Vlasic was caught ball-watching as Stephen Ward cut it back into the box for Hendrick, who smartly sidestepped Morgan Schneiderlin’s poor attempt at a challenge and placed it into the net from 15 yards.

It is Burnley’s best ever start to a Premier League season as they move to sixth in the table and have eight away points, more than they accumulated in the whole of last season.

The Toffees have now lost four of their last five Premier League games and are two places above the relegation zone.

Everton struggle after bright start

Everton made a lively start to the game inside the opening 20 minutes, a contrast to some of their slow and lacklustre performances so far this season, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s pace causing Burnley early problems.

Oumar Niasse, who scored two goals as a substitute against Bournemouth last week, bent a shot from outside the area straight into the hands of Nick Pope in the Burnley goal.

The Senegal striker then attempted a dink over the goalkeeper from close range, with his effort cleared off the line.

The Toffees’ record signing Gylfi Sigurdsson then missed a chance to put his side in front after his side-footed effort was easily saved by Pope. The Icelandic midfielder, making his 250th league appearance, is yet to register an assist or score in the Premier League for Everton.

Everton struggled in the second-half as they chased the equaliser. Calvert-Lewin and Niasse failed to make any real impact and Sigurdsson’s performance was best demonstrated by a long-range shot which was blasted well over the bar.

Wayne Rooney came on as a second-half substitute but could not find a way through Burnley’s stubborn defence.

Everton did have two late penalty shouts, firstly when a Rooney header glanced off the raised hand of Matt Lowton and a Williams header seemed to strike Lowton on the chest rather than the hand.

Former Everton and Scotland winger Pat Nevin described Everton’s performance as being “painful to watch”.

“If you are a striker it doesn’t matter if you get the ball or not you have to work your socks off. You have to create space for your partner or other players to run into the space you vacate. You have to do horrible miles for others,” Nevin said on the BBC.

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Source: BBC Sport

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He also commended KPMG for the quality of work in the midst of very challenging data gathering environment such as ours.

He however urged all Creative Sector groups to emulate the example of MUSIGA by working to improve and create the needed opportunities for clearer policy decision making options and adoptions for easy implementation.

He promised to assist in the early release of Government allocated budget to the sector. He further indicated that Government will definitely provide the needed infrastructure for the creative Arts Sector. In the area of performance Halls for example. He mentioned the possibility of renovating the National Commission on Cultures’ Cultural Centres which currently lies idle in almost all the regions in the country.

He however called for Unity among all members both within and outside the Creative Sector groups as the continuous perception of disunity in members makes it difficult to take the Creative Arts as serious industry professionals.

This advice was given when he chaired the Stakeholders Validation and Review Forum on the draft report on the Comprehensive Study of Ghana’s Music Industry in Accra. He is convinced that the report when finalized will form a good reference material for the needed policy and infrastructure decision making interventions to be made for the short and medium term development framework on the Music sector.

Present at the forum were music practitioners and stakeholders from academia, policy makers, public sector bands, artiste mangers, event organisers, manufacturers, executive producers and publishers, film makers, marketers, educationist, Financiers, Creators, the media among others.

Submitted by: MUSIGA

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For the past eight years, Citi FM has declared the month of March as the “Heritage Month”, a month dedicated to highlight Ghanaian Heritage. The series of programming put the focus on Ghana and led discussions on various aspects of Ghana’s cultural heritage.

The thematic areas for this year’s Heritage Month were Ghanaian Music, people, migration and settlements, food and Ghanaian origin, Ghanaian languages & traditional ceremonies.

Throughout the month, authentic melodious Ghanaian music was played on all the stations programmes. This feat was commended by the Musicians Union of Ghana as novel and supportive of the vision to promote Ghanaian music. Listeners also got daily Heritage Month tips which were played on the Citi Breakfast Show, Burnch in the Citi and Traffic Avenue.

During the first week, the emphasis was on Ghanaian music. Citi FM and Musiga collaborated on the Ghana Music Honors where fifteen exceptional contributors to the Ghanaian music industry were honored. The key highlight was the interview with Prof. John Collins, where he took listeners on a journey that chronicled Ghanaian music – the origins, changes and the way forward.

Some musicians commended Citi FM for the week-long discussions to promote the authentic Ghanaian music heritage.

The second week had Prof. Ato Quayson telling the story of Osu – the people, interesting places, names and popular culture.

Prof. Henry Wellington, author of was the guest for the third week. He touched on early Osu and slave trade, colonial relationships, games, early forms of writing, family name derivatives, Ghana-Danish relationships, early heroes, landmark events, food, clothing, governance and the need to protect our cultural heritage.

Week four featured a walk-about interview between with Mr. Nat Armateifio as the resource person. The interview explored the indigenous and colonial architecture in Accra.

Finally, the last edition threw the spotlight on the rich history and culture of the people of Anlo in the Volta Region of Ghana.

Some listeners of the Heritage Month series won books from supporters of the event. The books, I Speak of Ghana by Nana Awere Damoah, Tickling the Ghanaian by Kofi Akpabli and Official Tourist Guide – Ghana, were rewards for listeners who had followed the series and answered questions right.

The Heritage Month on 97.3 Citi FM was proudly sponsored by SIC Insurance – SIC, Our promises are sacred.

By: Kojo Akoto Boateng/citifmonline/Ghana

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