Stop Liquidation Processes Against GFA – FIFA Tells AG

The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) wants the government to drop all processes leading to the impending liquidation of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).

According to the Bureau of the Council of FIFA,, the petition introduced by the Attorney General to the High Court of to start the liquidation process of the GFA constitutes an undue influence in the affairs of the GFA in contravention of art. 14 par. 1 i) and art. 19 par. 1 of the FIFA Statutes.

In the view of the statement issued by General Secretary of FIFA, Fatima Samoura, under these circumstances, the Bureau based on art. 16 par. 1 of the FIFA Statutes decided on August 11, 2018 that if the petition to start the liquidation process of the GFA is not withdrawn by Monday, August 27, 2018 at 12hOO (CET), the GFA will be suspended with immediate effect.

“The suspension would be Iifted only once the above-mentioned petition is withdrawn and FIFA is given written proof thereof. In accordance with art‘ 16 per, 3 of the FIFA Statutes, if the GFA were to be suspended, it may not exercise any of its membership rights. Furthermore, other member associations could not entertain Sporting contact with the GFA” it warned.

The FIFA statement indicated that to date, the scope of the investigations into the allegations of widespread match-fixing and corruption within the GFA remains unclear.

The government through the A-G dashed to court following an investigative piece by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas into wide spread corrupt practices in Ghana’s football governing association.

Kwesi Nyantakyi, the then GFA president captured on tape compromising his position subsequently resigned.

But that did not governments resolve to salvage what was largely described as the dented image of the GFA, compelling an Accra High Court to granted an injunction against officials of the Association, paving the way for the Registrar General to be appointed the official liquidator of the local football governing body.

The Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, went to court with a firm plan to liquidate the GFA because, according to her, the Association in its current state is not fit for the purpose for which it was established.

The plan to liquidate the GFA was contained in a petition filed by the Attorney-General, acting on behalf of the government, in June at the High Court for the dissolution of the GFA.

By: Jeffrey De-Graft Johnson