the gesture. After he won the SWAG award there was no winner until Abedi Pele emerged in 1989.
The former captain of Ghana U20, U23 and the Black Stars was not happy with the performance of the current Black Stars and urged them to step up their game. He consistently featured for Ghana for ten years from 1984 to 1994. He is a B licensed coach but can not work due to his health situation.
At Dansoman, Mr. Abeka Ankrah, 80 who has been blind for some time expressed that a country that does not honour it’s heroes is not worth dying for and by the gesture of the BNM Foundation, talented and skilful people must be supported to shine for the nation.
At 17 he played for the Real Republicans and joined Accra Hearts of Oak in 1967 which remains the club of his heart.
He also revealed how he got the nick name ‘Why Worry’ and gave some coaching techniques on goal scoring.
Octogenarian,Theophilus Saka Addo who is staying with his wife at Gbegbesei, Beach Road was one of the beneficiaries who also advised the current Directors of Hearts to go with the style of the late Tommy Thompson to achieve results.
Madam Vicentia Deku of Hearts Ladies, a member of the Foundation prayed for good health, prosperity and long life for the living legends.
Mr. Ben Nunoo Mensah was a former management member of Auroras and Accra Hearts of Oak; and former President of the Ghana Weightlifting Association (GWA), serving also at the African Weightlifting Federation (AWF).
He is currently President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), an Insurance Broker and Businessman, the CEO of Directline Risk Consult and Barari DV Ghana Ltd.
He was born in Accra, Ghana and has been a fan of Accra Hearts of Oak since he started watching matches at the Accra Sports Stadium when he was six years old. Another football club the man from Winneba loves is Liverpool FC in England.