GFA Exco member, Samuel Anim Addo
For his commitment to colts football, Samuel Anim Addo has been rewarded with a vice president position on the newly-constituted GFA Juvenile Committee.
Anim has over the years built a reputation as the man for grassroots football with the Baby Jet under-15 tournament a testament of his unflinching loyalty to that level of football.
The GFA in a release on Tuesday, announced that its President, Kurt Okraku will serve as the leader of the committee while Sammy who recently oversaw a nationwide search under-15 talents will serve as his deputy.
Below is the full statement from the FA
The Executive Council of the GFA has named an eight-member Juvenile Committee of the FA, with GFA President, Kurt Okraku as Chairman.
The FA President decided to lead the Juvenile Committee in pursuit of his desire to revive Ghana football from the grassroot.
Executive Council member, Samuel Anim Addo is the Vice Chairman of the Committee.
Other members are: Mensah Agbovor, Eugene Gyaquaye, Amidu Abdulai, Michael Fiaduse, Kasim Abubakar and Daniel Boateng.
The Juvenile Committee will be responsible for formulating policies for the development, control, promotion, management, organisation and administration of juvenile football in Ghana .
The Committee, among other duties, will formulate regulations for the re-positioning of juvenile football in the country and assist in the formation and management of the National Juvenile Teams (both male and female).
The Committee is also tasked to instill discipline , fair play, patriotism and sportsmanship in juvenile football in the country.
The Committee, as part of its work, will aim at ingniting passion in the juvenile football sector (formerly called colts football) which is the bedrock of Ghana football.
