{"id":24293,"date":"2014-06-12T12:10:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T12:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=24293"},"modified":"2014-06-12T12:24:26","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T12:24:26","slug":"we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah\/","title":{"rendered":"We can only sponsor a few supporters to Brazil \u2013 Afriyie Ankrah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister for youth and sports, \u00a0Elvis Afriyie Ankrah has attributed government\u2019s inability to transport as many Ghanaians as possible to Brazil to support the Black Stars to the unavailability of funds.<\/p>\n<p>About 500 hundred Ghanaian supporters are expected to throng the various stadia in Brazil when the Black Stars open their campaign against the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana have been paired in Group G alongside Germany, Brazil and Portugal and will play their first game against the United States of America on Monday, \u00a0June 16.<\/p>\n<p>Government of Ghana has always paid for supporters to travel to World Cup venues to support the Black Stars and the reports about the high cost of traveling to Brazil, many are wondering if government will be sending as many supporters to support the stars this time round.<\/p>\n<p>However in an interview with Citi News, Mr. Ankrah revealed that government does not have enough money\u00a0to sponsor as many fans like it did in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are used to Germany where 2000 people went, and South Africa where over \u00a03000 people \u00a0went. So naturally there is expectation that in Brazil expecially those who have been going that the supporters will go. That is where the challenge is because the cost is so high that we can\u2019t just take as many people as possible,\u201d\u00a0 he said.<\/p>\n<p>He further added that\u00a0 \u201cI wish we could get like some 10 aircrafts but that is not possible.\u00a0 It is our advantage to carry as many Ghanaian there but it comes at a huge cost.<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup kicks of on Friday at exactly 20:00 GMT where Brazil will take on Croatia in the opening game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Benjamin Epton Owusu\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister for youth and sports, \u00a0Elvis Afriyie Ankrah has attributed government\u2019s inability to transport as many Ghanaians as possible to Brazil to support the Black Stars to the unavailability of funds. About 500 hundred Ghanaian supporters are expected to throng the various stadia in Brazil when the Black Stars open their campaign against the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":5739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[43,38],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>We can only sponsor a few supporters to Brazil \u2013 Afriyie Ankrah - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We can only sponsor a few supporters to Brazil \u2013 Afriyie Ankrah - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Minister for youth and sports, \u00a0Elvis Afriyie Ankrah has attributed government\u2019s inability to transport as many Ghanaians as possible to Brazil to support the Black Stars to the unavailability of funds. About 500 hundred Ghanaian supporters are expected to throng the various stadia in Brazil when the Black Stars open their campaign against the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-06-12T12:10:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-06-12T12:24:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/elvis_ankrah.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"670\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"335\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah\/\",\"name\":\"We can only sponsor a few supporters to Brazil \u2013 Afriyie Ankrah - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-12T12:10:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-06-12T12:24:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"We can only sponsor a few supporters to Brazil \u2013 Afriyie Ankrah\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\",\"name\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"We can only sponsor a few supporters to Brazil \u2013 Afriyie Ankrah - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"We can only sponsor a few supporters to Brazil \u2013 Afriyie Ankrah - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"The Minister for youth and sports, \u00a0Elvis Afriyie Ankrah has attributed government\u2019s inability to transport as many Ghanaians as possible to Brazil to support the Black Stars to the unavailability of funds. About 500 hundred Ghanaian supporters are expected to throng the various stadia in Brazil when the Black Stars open their campaign against the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2014-06-12T12:10:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-06-12T12:24:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":670,"height":335,"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/elvis_ankrah.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah\/","name":"We can only sponsor a few supporters to Brazil \u2013 Afriyie Ankrah - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-06-12T12:10:20+00:00","dateModified":"2014-06-12T12:24:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-can-only-sponsor-a-few-supporters-to-brazil-afriyie-ankrah\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"We can only sponsor a few supporters to Brazil \u2013 Afriyie Ankrah"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1","name":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kojo Akoto Boateng"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}