GHALCA asked to come out with byelaws to check protests

Kumasi, March.12, GNA - Mr Anthony Osei-Poku, Solicitor at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has called on the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) to come out with byelaws that will outlaw protests concerning the league.

He said that over the years, it has become customary for clubs to win points off the playing fields on mere excuses and as a result there has often been series of protests and other issues that undermines the work of GHALCA and the Ghana Football Association.

Mr Osei-Poku made these remarks at the opening of an intermediate course in Kumasi for 65 football administrators, coaches and referees drawn from various sectors of the Ashanti Region.

The five-day workshop is being organised by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) under its Five-Year Development plan.

Mr Osei-Poku suggested that names of all registered players of participating clubs of the premier league and other leagues should be published in the national newspapers one week before the commencement of each year's season.

"With such a publication, time for protests should run if any, after the stipulated period and after that every club must be stopped from protesting against any player", he said.

He said Ghanaians are worried about the state of football and have been crying for a saviour to lift it from the present gloom. He said he hoped the Ashanti Region, the first to organise the course which was initiated by Mr Ben Kouffie's administration will continue to play a leading role in the implementation of all the programmes in the five-year plan.

Mr Anthony K. Edusei, Ashanti Regional Sports Development Officer urged the participants to take the course seriously so that they come out with new ideas and strategies to promote sports in the region. He urged the participants to appreciate the opportunity offered them and to work harder and always remember that they have an important role to play in the association's efforts to turn round the problems facing football in the country through positive action.