Former General Manager of the now-defunct Nsoatreman FC, Eric Alagidede, has attributed the persistent hooliganism at Ghanaian football venues to inadequate funding for matchday security.
The recently concluded 2024/25 football season was marred by several violent incidents, including one that tragically led to the death of an Asante Kotoko supporter.
Drawing from his experience at Nsoatreman, Alagidede revealed that the club typically allocated just GH₵500 per match to the Ghana Police Service for maintaining order—an amount he described as grossly insufficient.
“What we are paying is not enough to take care of the Police. At Nsoatreman, we were paying 1,000 cedis for big games like Kotoko and Hearts of Oak to the Police on duty. Is that what we call payment? We had to pay 1,000 cedis for the entire team. I’m telling you, these are facts anybody can verify,” he told LUV FM.
“I don’t know about the likes of Kotoko and Hearts of Oak. But for smaller clubs, it’s 500 cedis we pay for every game.
“Typically, you are looking at about 40 to 50 Police officers. All these guys will come in a vehicle, work the entire game, and it’s 500 Ghana cedis they receive,” he added.
Alagidede stressed the need for a broader conversation around properly funding security at football matches to prevent further violence.
“This is something you and your listeners may not have known, but we need to open up this conversation more because it’s very crucial going forward,” he emphasized.
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