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| Kwesi Nyantakyi commemorating May 9th victims on Monday |
The President of the GFA sounded the warning on Monday during the 15th anniversary memorial for the 126 fans who died during a match between Hearts of Oak and Kotoko in a league match.
Nyantakyi said the tragedy that shocked Ghana 15 years ago should be the wake up call for football authorities and fans to take serious action to prevent hooliganism at the various stadia.
"Any time people gather to commemorate those who departed on May 9 when they came here to support their clubs, it is also an occasion to sound a warning to the living and to also remind ourselves the startling truth and hard lessons that we should learn from whatever disaster that occurred," Mr. Nyantakyi said in his opening address of the event.
"Exactly 15 years ago, more than 125 soccer fans who decided to come to the Accra sports stadium to cheer their teams --- Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko perished under very sad circumstances.
"Many of them died after the match and most of them died in circumstances that could have been avoided.
"The football association have learnt very hard lessons from it. It has influenced regulations and statues of football to the extent that we look very hard at violent conducts at games," he said.
Since the May 9th tragedy, Ghana has seen several acts of violence at the various stadia with Hearts of Oak recently banned from home after their fans targeted referees and other match officials by pelting them with missiles.
Their arch rivals Kotoko also suffered a similar fate last season while Dwarfs were banned from playing at home for ten matches two season ago after their fans beat up a referee.
Source: ghanasoccernet.com
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