Division One League club owners and administrators have expressed delight with the sponsorship package for the National Division One League (DOL).

The Ghana Football Association has officially signed a GHS 2.1 million sponsorship deal for three years with GN Bank, a local finance house, as the headline sponsor for the DOL.

The lower league has over the past two years been without a major sponsor after Poly Tank's deal elapsed.
 
Kurt Okraku, owner of Division One side Dreams FC says the sponsorship deal will relieve some burden off the 48 participating clubs.

"We are happy that there is a corperate body in the structure of GN Bank coming into football," he told Joy Sports.

"We believe that the banking industry is so huge and it is an industry that must be tapped in and for GN Bank to take the first step is the step in the right direction."

"For individual clubs including my own club it means a little [more] resource coming into our coffers for which our players can rest their minds...”
 
Okraku was one of many adminsitrators who said the timing of the deal could not have been any better, considering the huge financial pressure they have been under.

The league kicks off this weekend, with opening matches honoured from February 20-22.