The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania will pay for the travel of 48 fans who will travel by bus to South Africa to support Yanga in the second leg of the Champions League quarter final against Mamelodi Sundowns which will be played on Friday of this week
Speaking earlier today at the headquarters of the Yanga club in an event to say goodbye to the fans, the President of Yanga Engineer Hersi Said thanked the Government for continuing to support them while announcing that the fans who had paid money for the trip will be refunded their money
"We are aware that our Young Africans SC Club has another second game in South Africa, so your leadership has made efforts to send a Request to the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sports under our Minister Hon. Dr. Damas Ndumbaro to transport fans by bus and we thank the Ministry for accepting our request"
"The ministry will take care of all the expenses of the trip to South Africa with our 48 members and fans, from fare to subsistence money, so we Young Africans are very grateful to the ministry"
"I wish you a good trip and I believe our return trip will be good because we will return having already qualified for the semi-finals," said Hersi
And the Deputy Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports Hon. Hamis Mwinjuma has asked the fans and members who had the opportunity to travel with the team to ensure that they go to increase the enthusiasm of Yanga in order to get good results that will give them a chance to reach the semi-finals of the champions league
"First of all I congratulate you for the decision to travel by bus because you could have said stay at home and watch the match on TV, This means you are dead Yanga, Congratulations"
"You have seen the beauty of our team's level and it is satisfactory, the opponent we are going to play with does not have the advantage of many fans, so I believe that the cheering power that you have will bring productivity to our game on Friday"
"I have come here to convey the greetings of the Government under Doctor Samia Suluhu Hassan, he is following everything that is happening carefully and wishes you all the best on this journey and in our game on Friday," he said
