We are very happy, and like Oliver Twist, we always ask for more,” she said. “I was waiting patiently to hear the President say that this year the Women’s Premier League will be given GH₵200,000, and that didn’t come. We will still be taking the GH₵100,000, but it is good, because for about three or four years it wasn’t GH₵100,000.”
She traced the trajectory of the grant, noting that support had climbed steadily over recent seasons from an initial GH₵30,000 to GH₵50,000, and now stands at GH₵100,000 per club. “I believe that next year we’ll be at GH₵150,000 or GH₵200,000,” she added.
Despite the year-on-year growth, Nsiah Asare said her enduring concern is the scale of the disparity between funding for the Men’s Premier League and the Women’s Premier League.
She acknowledged that the women’s top flight is currently benchmarked against the men’s Division One tier for funding purposes, but argued the gap should still be narrower in absolute terms.
“If the Men’s Premier League is given GH₵1 million, I think GH₵300,000 or GH₵400,000 Ghana cedis to the women’s teams would not be bad for us.”Evelyn Nsiah Asare, CEO, Hasaacas Ladies
Beyond direct funding, Nsiah Asare pointed to other commitments from the GFA President that she said would benefit the women’s game, including planned incentives for clubs and end-of-season recognition.
She revealed she has also proposed that clubs be given the opportunity to broadcast their own matches on their individual YouTube channels, describing it as a step that “will go a long way to help us” build visibility for women’s football at club level.
She reserved particular praise for the GFA’s efforts on branding for the league, saying the work being done positions the league to “take women’s football to a different level” this season, and thanked the federation for that investment.
She also welcomed the league’s sponsorship agreement with Goldfields, describing it as another significant boost for the competition.