Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has stated that the current government led by President Nana Akufo Addo is not interested in interfering with football governance in the country.
He, however, appealed to the Ghana Football Association and other football administrators to do their best to develop the game across the country devoid of any misunderstandings.
He said this when the President of the Confederation Of African Football (CAF), Dr Ahmad Ahmad paid a courtesy call on him at the Flagstaff House in Accra as part of his first official working visit to Ghana as CAF president.
The Vice President said “we don’t really want to interfere in the management of football, but we want to provide the environment for that management to benefit the country. So we have very high expectations of the administrators of football.”
He again charged football administrators in the country to do more for the development of the game and assured them that government was ready to provide an enabling environment for football development, hence the need for them to take that advantage to grow the sport.
Dr Bawumia also reiterated government’s preparedness to give football all the support it needs to thrive, adding that, the high interest of football in the country by Ghanaians equally makes it important to the government.
“There’s passion for the game, there’s interest in the game and that interest amongst our people is also translated into the interest by the government. We want to make sure soccer does well and football is governed properly and so we’ll do everything in our capacity for the development of football,” he noted.
The CAF Executive Committee, which is the second highest decision making body of the Federation, was in Ghana for an important meeting.
