GRi Sports 26 - 02 - 2003

Kotoko IMC cautions ‘spokespersons’

Fire gutters one of Stadiums canteens

 

 

Kotoko IMC cautions ‘spokespersons’

 

Kumasi (Ashanti Region) 26 February 2003 - The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football Club has cautioned people who move from one radio station to the other speaking as though they were official spokespersons of the club to stop to such activities forthwith.

 

A statement signed by Mr Sylvester Asare Owusu, chairman of the IMC in Kumasi, said much as the IMC appreciated the excellent public relations work that many Kotoko supporters were doing for the club on radio and in the newspapers, they would not encourage any fan to pose as the club's spokesperson.

 

It said most media houses and supporters knew that the IMC had engaged Kwabena Sarpong Akosah, a freelance journalist based in Kumasi to handle the club's press and public affairs. The statement therefore urged all media organisations desirous to know the policies and programmes of the IMC to contact Akosah or any of the IMC members.

 

Meanwhile, Sarpong Akosah, the Press and Public Affairs Officer of the Kotoko IMC, has announced that the Asante Kotoko Express, the official mouthpiece of the club started appearing on the newsstands from Tuesday February 25. He said the paper will now be known as 'Kumasi Asante Kotoko Express' and therefore asked the teeming supporters of the club to take note and patronise the paper when it comes out.

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Fire gutters one of Stadiums canteens

 

Accra (Greater Accra) 26 February 2003 - Fire broke out in one of the Canteens at the Accra Sports Stadium on Tuesday morning destroying various items including gas cookers, cylinders, sound systems, fridges and foodstuffs.

 

According to one of the workers at the Canteen, the fire was caused by gas leakage after the canteen staffs have finished preparing the day's menu. The worker who looked terrified by the incident told GNA Sports that she was not aware of the leakage adding that she only heard aloud noise, which was followed by the fire.

 

She said the fire started a round 9:30 A.M. and was put off by eye-witnesses and workers around the stadium before Fire Service personnel arrived to put it out completely around.

 

Speaking to the GNA Sports, Madam Rebecca Ackom, operator of the Canteen said as a result of the fire she lost kitchen equipment as well as stocks of foot items including bags of rice, four cartons of chicken and a carton of fish. She could not, however, tell the total cost of items destroyed in the accident.

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