The Ghana Football Association will wait till June 30, 2020 to decide whether or not the abruptly ended 2019/2020 season will be canceled.
Kurt Okraku, the president of the GFA, revealed in a discussion held on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 that the Executive council will need more time to consult expert views on which decision to take.
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Kurt made the comment in a Zoom conference with several other industry heads which was put together by GTV Sports + and Happy FM.
”We have not decided yet to annul the league. The executive council met a few days ago to consider all the possibilities after which we issued a statement that we will continue to work closely with the government and the Health Ministry to see what the turnout would be” Kurt said.
”Beyond that, we gave ourselves a deadline of June 30 by which time the council will meet again to take a definite decision as to whether to continue with the league or truncate or cancel it under the circumstances within and outside the shores of Ghana,” he explained as quoted.
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Okraku Okraku added that the Ghana FA Medical Committee headed by Dr Baba Adam, with Dr Percy Annan and Dr Kofi Ablorh as members to consider the various scenarios and to arrive at a positive conclusion.
”It is the Executive Council that has the power to decide on the league, so we can only make a definite statement on June 30. But within this period, we will continue to engage the key stakeholders,” he added.
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”I am working closely with the GFA Medical Committee headed by the very experienced Dr Baba Adam, with Dr Percy and Dr Kofi Ablorh and we are looking at all possible scenarios.
”Based on their advice, I will go to the state authorities to engage them on the way forward”.
