Put in place strict code of ethics for coaches - Ocran

Accra, Sept 5, GNA - The Greater Accra Retired Footballers Association has called on the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (YES) and the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to put in place strict code of ethics to control the conduct of coaches in pursuit of professionalism.

A memorandum signed by Mr James Ocran, Chairman of the association, said the new move will help authorities to eliminate coaches whose conducts are found to be unethical.

The memorandum said Ghanaian coaches must engage in self-analysis and refrain alleged engagements in unethical behaviours, which cast doubts over their credibility.

It said there is the need for a change of attitude on the parts of all stakeholders in football especially coaches to help reverse the degrading level of the nations football.

"Ghana football can rediscover itself and take its rightful place in the world of football", the memorandum added.

It called on the GFA to commence an accreditation scheme in order to upgrade the standard of the already qualified coaches who have become stale adding, "this will help curb the problem associated with profession".

The association urged the ministry to arrange a technical exchange programme with advanced football nations so that Ghanaian coaches can be sent on attachments to broaden their scope.

The memorandum also advised the GFA to reconsider its decision to contract yet another foreign coach citing the failure of German Bukhard Ziese.

It said there are competent local coaches like Jones Attuquayefio, Abdul Karim Razak, E.K. Afranie among others "who are capable of doing the job".

It suggested that Nana Kumi Gyamfi (C. K. Gyamfi), Ben Koufie, Sam Arday, Ibrahim Sunday and Abedi Pele to constitute a new technical "brain" to advice national coaches.