A Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has called for a holistic restructuring of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to help improve the performance of the country’s national football team, the Black Stars.
According to him,the GFA is engulfed with conflict of interest which is negatively affecting the morale of the national soccer team.
His comments came after Ghana 2-2 draw with Mozambique on Monday Night. It is an indication that the black star has failed to acquire an automatic qualification to the knockout stage of the 2023 African Cup of Nations Tournament.
Speaking to news men, the former Minister and member of Parliament emphasized the need to salvage the disturbing trend.He further advised that the national team needs an emergency attention.
“This is what we get When we have a situation where individuals are involved in club management and these same individuals are in the football management of the country. They are also managers and agents of players, and also agents of technical people. It becomes difficult for us to avoid the situation of conflict of interest.”
“And this is affecting morale among our players. It is sickening, and we must talk about it. I agree with people who think that the whole GFA must be restructured; I totally agree. The alternative is to have an interim management committee to look at it,” Nii Lante Vanderpuye opined.
