Sports Ministry, FIFA meeting postponed indefinitely

Published on: 21 June 2018

Public Relations Officer of the Ministry and Youth and Sports, Elvis Adjei Baah has confirmed that the intended meeting with officials of FIFA has been postponed until further notice.

Officials from the world football governing body were expected to arrive in the country on Thursday ahead of a meeting with the Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah which would have decided the country's membership status after an announcement by the government to dissolve the Ghana Football Association after the airing of the Anas Aremeyaw Anas documentary titled "Number 12".

Currently, the government is in the process of dissolving the country's football governing body but FIFA rules oblige member associations to manage their own affairs independently and with no influence from third parties.

According to Mr Adjei-Baah, the FIFA officials had intended to meet the Ghana Football Association on Thursday before their meeting with Mr Asiamah but were informed that there was court order halting all GFA activities.

"The meeting has been postponed, for now, till further notice," Mr Adjei-Baah told Graphic Online in an interview.

"Well, we have craved the indulgence of FIFA to postpone that meeting so that it will afford us more time to satisfy our internal processes and consultations".

He said although FIFA had been informed about the decision to postpone the meeting, they were yet to respond.

"We have no idea (where the FIFA team are) because we sent this notification to them on Wednesday through various channels but the unfortunate thing is that they have not replied.

"Aside from that, when they were coming, the itinerary was that, they were to meet the GFA on Thursday then government on Friday but we made them aware of an injunction on GFA officials and their functions and that such a meeting was an illegality".

Meanwhile, the 10-day interlocutory injunction secured by the Attorney General (Gloria Akuffo) on all football-related activities will elapse tomorrow, (Friday, June 22, 2018).

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