The Chief Executive Officer of Asante Kotoko, Nana Yaw Amponsah, has urged the government to consider providing $1 million to Ghanaian clubs participating in Africa.

According to him, such an initiation will go a long way toward assisting the Ghanaian clubs to enjoy success in Africa.

Clubs from the Ghana Premier League have barely made an impression any time they have the chance to compete in the continent's club competitions in the last few years.

Following their league triumph, Kotoko will compete in the CAF Champions League next season and Nana Yaw Amponsaah has called on the government to help the club.

"If the government of the day is able to devote 6-8 million dollars for Afcon for the Black Stars to go and represent Ghana, then why can’t the government help a team like Kotoko or Hearts or whoever wins the league with a 1 million support to go and lift high the flag of Ghana,” he said.

“What is the prize of winning the league? It’s about 250,000 Ghana cedis which is about $30,000 and that cannot even be used to play one home match. So the prize money is not there, no sponsorship for the league.

”I would like to send a message to the entire nation, his Excellency the President, the government of the day. Ghana used to have four slots on the continent but now we have two due to the fact that we don’t really perform well when we go.

”When Kotoko goes to Africa this time, we are not just going as Kotoko, we are going to represent Ghana.”