Government has rejected claims that it has reneged on its promise of providing free COVID-19 testing for all Ghana Premier League (GPL) clubs.

The Youth and Sports Minister, Hon. Isaac Asiamah says government is the one solely footing all bills on COVID-19 testing done by GPL clubs and officials.

He told Graphic Sports in an interview that testing is ongoing and the National COVID-19 team is in charge of all testing across the various Ghana Premier League teams.

“The testing of players and officials of participating clubs of the Ghana Premier League is being performed by the National COVID Team (NCT) who are liaising with the National Sports Authority (NSA) to ensure a fruitful and comprehensive exercise," he said

“This is ongoing but the concern is about the results of players and officials affected by the exercise who have to be isolated for testing positive. Nobody has complained about the cost of testing,” he added.

“The government stands committed to protect the citizenry against the COVID-19 pandemic and is, therefore, putting resources in place to make the exercise successful,”

“The government is taking care of everything. It is not only the free testing of players and officials but also essential items such as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) has been distributed to all clubs and officials to protect them from being infected by the COVID-19 pandemic as they compete for laurels,"

When it was mentioned that certain Premier League clubs had agreed to demand compensation from the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for carrying out their own COVID 19 pandemic testing, Mr. Asiamah claimed that he was not aware of any such complaint.

“If such a case had come to the office of the FA, the FA president would have informed me immediately,but nothing of that sort had come to my notice,” he concluded.