Ghana League Clubs Association Chairman Cudjoe Fianoo has pulled out of the interim committee set up by the government to “oversee the administration of Ghana Football”.
The top football administrator had earlier accepted to serve as the secretary of the five-member committee to be chaired by Dr. Kofi Amoah and has former Black Stars players Abedi Pele and Rev. Osei Kofi as well as Sports Journalist Eva Okyere as members.
Confirming his decision to reporters after an emergency meeting by the league clubs association on Monday, Fianoo explained:
“The highest office of the land gave me an appointment but I need to weigh the pros and cons of the appointment in relation to my position as Ghalca Chairman. Just from a cursory look, I could see that there is a level of conflict.
“If the government had come to Ghalca for us pick a member to join the committee or the Ghalca general assembly had asked me to represent them on that committee, I would not have any problem.
“For now, I have assured my members of good leadership hence my decision not to serve on the committee,” he said in a statement.
Following an undercover investigation that exposed corruption at the Ghana Football Association, notably former president Kwesi Nyantakyi and other top officials, the Ghana government has aimed at dissolving the local football governing body in a motive to sanitise the country’s most loved sport.
Last week, government secured a 10-day injunction from an Accra High Court on officials of the Ghana Football Association and football activities in the country.
