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FIFA has
informed Ghanaian authorities about the comprehensive security plans to
ensure the safety of the Black Stars for next week’s World Cup qualifier
in Egypt.
The world governing body was responding to a request
by Ghana’s Minister for Youth & Sports Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah to have
the security plans for the match to be played on 19 November in Cairo.
FIFA
revealed that a Ghana security delegation sent to Cairo to peruse the
plans laid out by the host nation was satisfied with the preparations
done by the Egyptians.
“We take this renewed opportunity to
confirm FIFA’s captioned qualifying match will be held in Cairo on 19th
November, 2013 as per the initial calendar,” FIFA Secretary General
Jerome Valcke wrote in a letter to the GFA and Ministry of Youth &
Sports.
“The security plan has been designed in order to ensure
total protection for all the delegations (Ghana, Egypt and FIFA) from
arrival up to departure.
“Police escorts will permanently cover
each and every transfer of these delegations, as well as an ambulance,
while the hotels will be totally secured by the deployment of sufficient
security guards.
“The training sessions will also be taken care
of in the most thorough and comprehensive security approach and
delivery. The different security perimeters will filter the
ticket-holders who will be searched individually before accessing the
inner perimeter.
“The accredited media representatives will also
be thoroughly screened as part of the security plan. The latter will be
delivered in accordance with the provisions laid down by FIFA’s Stadium
Safety and Security Regulations.”
Despite insisting that the
match will be played in Cairo, FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke will
meet Mr. Afriyie-Ankrah, GFA President Kwesi Nyantakyi and other
officials from the Ghana Football Association in a meeting in the
Togolese capital Lome on Monday morning to discuss the plans for the
match.
This comes after the GFA protested over hosting the
second-leg match in the volatile Cairo before Mr. Afriyie-Ankrah
demanded the comprehensive plans to ensure that the Black Stars will be
safe when they play the match in the Egyptian capital.
The Black Stars have a 6-1 advantage going into the second-leg of the match.
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