Medeama SC chairman James Essilfie stands against the cancellation of the 2019-20 Ghana Premier League season due to the novel Coronavirus pandemic.

The top-flight has been put on hold until further notice following a national ban on all public gatherings, including football competitions, as part of measures to control the spread of the deadly disease.

The increasing number of cases in Ghana makes it difficult to determine when the ban on social gatherings will be lifted for football to return.

Meanwhile, Ghana Football Association (GFA) has been given up to 5 May 2020 to decide the fate of the championship following a CAF directive.

“We at Medeama want the league to continue," Essilfie told Ghanaweb.

"The FA should not cancel it because it will create issues.

"The league must be played but when everything is right.

"Lives are more important so football should be played when it’s safe."

Moreover, Essilfie recounted how the Mauve and Yellows has been affected financially since there are no football games ongoing.

“We have been badly affected by the lack of football. Imagine paying people for not working,"

"It’s no fault of the players that there’s no football but I just want to know how much we are losing."

"We don’t receive anything from the gates."

"We just hope and pray that this virus will go away very soon for football to return because clubs are suffering."

Medeama sit at the 6th position on the league standings.