Cancelling the 2019/2020 football season, tough – GFA President

The President of Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Okraku, says the decision to cancel the country’s 2019/2020 football season was a tough one to take but the wellbeing of the country has to be considered.

The Executive Council of the FA, after a meeting last week, announced the cancellation of the current football season.

The reason for the cancellation is as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, which has halted football activities in Ghana since March.

Kurt Okraku explaining why they annulled the season indicated that they took a decision that will favour Ghanaians at large.

“We have eighteen clubs in the Premier League with minimum players of 30 each, coaches, administrators, 48 clubs in division one, medical staff, women premier league. We also have division two’s, three and juvenile football at the regional level”

“We are talking about a large chunk of people who wholly rely on football as a source of living. We also serve as entertainment to people at the social aspect and people also use our platforms as a source of living” He said.

“So it is a huge decision that we had to take but we thought Ghana first obviously whiles we continue to engage our key stakeholder to ensure that we bring back football” Kurt Okraku concluded.

The Ghana Football Association is expected to announce the date for the start of  2020/21 football season soon.