FIFA meets Ghana's FA, govt delegation in Zurich, Thursday

The world’s football governing body FIFA has invited Ghana’s Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah over to Zurich, Switzerland to chart a new path for Ghana football. The meeting which will be held on Thursday June 28, 2018, will also have Mr Kweku Eyiah Abaku and Mr Alex Asante both of whom are members of the GFA all attending.


A letter signed by the Director, Member Associations Africa and Carribean, Veron Mosengo-Omba says Thursday’s meeting will be a continuation of an earlier meeting held between officials of FIFA and Ghana. The content of the letter is in contrast to the suggestion by Ghana’s Deputy Attorney General Godfred Dame that FIFA has vouched not to have anything to do with the erstwhile Kwesi Nyantakyi led Football Association.

Mr Dame stated FIFA was in full support of government’s action against the Nyantakyo led FA has refused to work with it. “It is quite clear from the statement jointly signed by FIFA and the government of delegation, a member of which I was, that FIFA does not even recognize the current FA administration…” he said.

“It is important to note that the invitation for the meeting was extended by FIFA. Initially, they had indicated they wanted to meet with the members of the FA first then meet with the government. On arrival in Ghana they decided that was a wrong idea. They abandoned the idea because as far as they are concerned they do not want to legitimize the operations of this FA administration,” he added.

A former GFA spokesperson Randy Abbey (pictured) who was on the show, however, disagreed with the position taken by the Deputy Attorney General. He stated FIFA will never proceed without members of the FA taking part in the transition period to fix Ghana’s football which has been riddled with allegations of bribery and corruption.