The National Sports Authority (NSA) has lamented what it says is the flagrant violation of the COVID-19 safety protocols during a Ghana premier league encounter between Hearts of Oak and Great Olympics played at the Accra Sports Stadium, last Saturday.

In a press statement sighted by cedidollar.com, the NSA indicated that despite making available COVID-19 safety protocols, such as spaced out marked seats to ensure social distancing, fans were found jubilating, singing, hugging each other when their team scored, thus ignoring the safety protocols.

“In view of this, the Authority is using this medium to inform the Ghana Football Association(GFA) and the clubs using the facility that it would not hesitate to resort to matches being played behind closed doors, in order to ensure total adherence to the COVID-19 safety protocols.

“The Authority would like to assure the general public of its commitment to ensure strict compliance with the COVID-19 safety protocols, in collaboration with the law enforcement agents deployed to our facility,” the statement said.