The national football championship of the first division resumed on Friday October 4, 2024. In Bobo-Dioulasso, the season was officially launched on Saturday October 5 with the meeting of Vitesse FC against ASECK. Major changes, as announced by the new office headed by Gabriel Yaméogo, will be made this season with a view to improving the conditions of the actors.
Installed in its functions last August, the new office of the Hauts-Bassins Regional Football League was quick to implement its program. A program aimed at the financial autonomy of the Hauts-Bassins Regional League, as well as improving the situation of the main actors who are players.
To do this, good ticket management is essential. From now on, no one enters Hauts-Bassins stadiums for championship matches without paying for their ticket. This decision does not exclude anyone. From journalists to club bosses to club resource people, everyone pays. “Only in Burkina Faso do players leave the stadium with nothing. We want this to change. Football needs to feed football players,” said Noumoutchè Traoré, head of security of La Ligue des Hauts-Bassins, at the pre-match press conference of the club Racing Bobo and Rahimo FC.
Also, these new measures taken are aimed at fighting corruption and fraud within the League, which undermines the proper functioning of the institution, according to Noumoutchè Traoré. ‘We will control everything. These measures will raise eyebrows as many will see their contracts suspended. But we are going to take responsibility,” he told the journalists.
It should be noted, however, that access to the region’s stadiums during championship matches is always free for people with disabilities, women and children.
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