After almost four hours of deliberations at the Extraordinary Congress of the Ghana Football Association held at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra, delegates have accepted and adopted the proposed statutes of the Normalization Committee after making some few amendments.
In June 2018, an investigative documentary by renowned undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas collapsed the GFA, consequently pulling the plugs on all activities and competitions including the Premier League and the FA Cup.
A Fifa Normalisation Committee has been in charge of the administration of football in the country since last September.
Ahead of the Congress, the Committee has issued a reminder of a directive asking “all members implicated in the Anas Aremeyaw Anas exposé on football titled ‘Number 12’ to step aside until the GFA Ethics Committee decides on their conduct”.
This directive means implicated club and FA officials are not allowed to attend Thursday’s meeting.
After the prolonged deliberations, which looked endless, 115 delegates accepted and adopted the new statutes for the Ghana Football Association.
Following the acceptance and adoption, the following key points were arrived at:
- The title President will be maintained.
- A number of delegates for Congress will be 120 from the previous 123.
- There will not be any Board of Directors but an
Executive Council. - Executive Council will be made up of 12 members instead of the 11 proposed by the NC and 15 proposed by the clubs.
- The composition of the ExCo shall be;
– 5 Premier League reps
– 3 DOL reps
– 2 RFA reps
– 1 Women’s League rep
– 1 President with an automatic vote
- A 2-term of office of 4 years for the President and 3 terms for other ExCo members.