GRi Sports Ghana 06 - 02 - 2001
Keep track record of
foreign-based players - Dasobere
Accra (Greater Accra) 06 February
2001
Mr Y.A. Ibrahim, chairman of the
Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has denied that the
constitution of an Interim Management Committee (IMC) for the GFA prior to its
congress.
Speaking to GNA Sports, Mr Ibrahim
said the council at its last meeting reviewed the mandate of the GFA and
allowed it to continue in office to prepare for the CAF Champions League finals
between Hearts of Oaks and Esperance of Tunisia in Accra on December 17.
"Several suggestions came up
at the meeting including the formation of an IMC to run the association before
its congress on February 15, but nothing concrete was agreed upon.
"We also agreed that the GFA
should also wind up and start preparing for the congress but certainly not the
formation of any IMC so I was surprised to read the following day of the
formation of such a body".
The GFA's three years mandated
ended in October 2000 but this was extended by the Executive Council amid a lot
of furore from several quarters including the Sports Ministry. Mr Kojo Mensah
alias Kojo Alata of Cape Coast, a football enthusiast later filed a writ at the
court restraining the GFA from being in power beyond its tenure of office.
Mr Ibrahim said another suggestion
that came up at the meeting was that Alhaji Jawula's management committee
should be made to remain in office and render account for their three-year
stewardship since the congress is just around the corner.
Alhaji Jawula took over from Nana
Brew Butler over the past four years and was able to steer the country through
two CAF champions league finals, successfully hosted the African Under 20
Championship in 1999 and co hosted the African Cup of nations with Nigeria last
year.
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Keep track record
of foreign-based players - Dasobere
Winneba (Central Region) 06
February 2001
The Director of the National
Sports College, Mr George D. Dasobere, on Monday suggested the institution of a
mechanism that would ensure effective monitoring of track records of the
country's foreign-based soccer players.
This, he explained, would enable
the technical directorate of the Ghana Football Association and the head coach
of the national team, the Black Stars, collectively determine the exact number
of such players required to beef up the local ones during international
matches.
Mr Dasobere was opening a five-day
intermediate coaching course for 27 student coaches drawn from the 10 regions
by the National Sports College at Winneba on Monday.
The Directorate was not happy at
the practice where the country regularly invites about 20 foreign-based players
for international soccer tournaments only to fill in 10 players in the long
run.
He stressed the need for the
Ministry of Youth and Sports to equip the technical directorate of the GFA with
adequate facilities to assist it organise long-term outreach programmes to
educate soccer coaches at the grassroots level.
According to Mr Dasobere, the
provision of such working materials supported by enough funds would also enable
the technical directorate to run advanced training courses for soccer coaches
periodically.
Mr Osam Duodu, technical director
of GFA, expressed concern at the inability of the Ministry of Youth and Sports
to release development funds provided by the FIFA and the CAF to enhance soccer
development in the country.
According to Mr Duodu, funds
provided by the two key international soccer bodies to the Ministry of Youth
and Sports towards the promotion of football activities in the country have not
been released to the wings of the ministry charged with the responsibility of
soccer promotion.
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