Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has called on the government of Ghana to intensify investment in Ghana football.

He made this statement as he received the Ghana Premier League Medeama SC on Wednesday, June 21, 2023.

The Tarkwa-based club made a courtesy call on the Speaker of Parliament of Ghana at his chambers at the Parliament building in Accra today to present him with the trophy they won.

A contingent led by the president of the club Mr Moses Armah Parker, and Board chairman, Dr. Tony Aubyn, board member, Mr James Essilfie, Member of Parliament for Tarkwa-Nsuayem, Hon. Mireku Duker, the technical team and the playing body expressed their excitement of meeting the Speaker of Parliament for the first time and expressed their desire for him to be a patron of the club.

On receiving the team at his chambers, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin expressed his thanks for being the first Speaker of Parliament in Ghana’s history to receive the Ghana Premier League champions.

He went on to urge the government to invest more in football because the sport has evolved to be an economically viable endeavor.

“Government needs to invest more in football infrastructure, create more football opportunities because football has become a big business. I have said this severally in Parliament and I expect it to be done. Countries are developing their football because of the financial returns they get. Football can boost our economy more than Gold and Cocoa.” He’s quoted.

He accepted to be the club’s patron and charged them to maintain their status as the champions of Ghana and try to invade Africa as a whole.