Ghanaian referee, Daniel Nii Laryea has been appointed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), to officiate next month’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Cape Verde and Rwanda.



The 33-year old, leads a quartet of Ghanaian referees appointed for the game, scheduled for the National stadium in Cidade da Praia.

He will be assisted by compatriots Kwasi Acheampong Brobbey (Assistant I), Paul Kodjo Atimaka (Assistant II) and Adaari Abdul Latif (Fourth official).

Mohamed Abdatt Bilal from Mauritania will be the Match Commissioner.

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The Ghana Football Association will on Friday, October 30, 2020, organize a one-day training course for Match Commissioners at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence at Prampram. This is part of the preparations for the 2020/2021 league season that kicks off on Saturday, November 14, 2020.



The course is for Match Commissioners (MCs) in the Ghana Premier League, Division One League, and the Women’s Premier League.

Key areas of importance which will be looked at during the course include:

-how to use the Competition Management System (CMS) effectively,

-the Role of a Match Commissioner.

-how to conduct technical meetings and report writing.

-new amendments to the Laws of the Game.

-the concept and interpretations of the Laws of the Game.

-GFA Statues and Regulations and

-Integrity values and principles.

GFA President, Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, General Secretary Prosper Harrison Addo (Esq) and members of the Executive Council will be in attendance.



Source: ghanafa.org

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It wasn’t until mid-year June 2018 that Anas’ exposé brought the football circles to it’s knees following a massive undercover of deep-seated corruption practices in the game.

This revelation, however, had heads rolling on different sides of the table, four months after the exposé, one of the notable names on the lips and minds of the masses was the former GFA president, Kwesi Nyantakyi, who was pictured taking $65,000 (£48,000) from an undercover reporter as many felt he had reached a cult figure status.

Mr. Nyantakyi was been banned for life from all football-related activities by FIFA in October 2018.

According to reports from Kumasi-based, Nhyira FM Sports, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has reduced Kwesi Nyantakyi’s life ban to 12 years.

The ban has been reduced following a successful appeal by the former Ghana Football Association (GFA) boss.

Prior to his ban, he served as GFA President for 13 years, WAFU president, vice-president of CAF, and a member of the FIFA Council.

Aside from the ban, he was fined 500,000 Swiss francs (£390,000).

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The Ghana Football Association have officially unveiled the new kit for the Ghana Black Stars ahead of their International friendly games against Mali and Qatar.

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Ghana National team kits is currently sponsored by Puma. Ghana will wear these kits when they face Mali and Qatar in their friendly gams in Turkey.

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The Ghana Football Association (GFA), has begun the process of implementing the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), technology in domestic competitions.

The video assistant referee, is an assistant referee in association football who intervenes in decisions made by the referee and requests for an on field review with the use of video footage and headset for communication.

VAR was first written into the laws of the game by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in 2018, following extensive trailing in a number of major competitions.

“VAR is coming to Ghana, but there are a lot of work that we need to do to ensure that VAR comes to this country., GFA Referees Manager, Alex Kotey said in an interview with GFA News.

“FIFA is saying that, by the next 3 years, VAR must go to all member associations and so member associations must begin to accept this concept and let it become part of our football.

“So, in the project planning, there are so many requirements that FIFA will demand from us which is in line with the club licensing regulations and so there’s nothing to fear. After the project planning, there’s another requirement where you have to engage the various stakeholders, like referees who are the main actors of this program.



“The VAR is in three models, that’s, VAR in a structure, VAR in a container and VAR in a mobile van. For me, I’ll be bias and go for the van, and that is because it is movable, so, that anywhere StarTimes is covering a match, the VAR will be there to make their work very simple.

“FIFA is ready to support this course and the only thing that member associations need to do is to show commitment and the willingness to accept the VAR into our football.

“When that is done, FIFA and CAF will give us all the necessary support that we need to actualize the project. Though we are going to bring VAR, we need to work on our referees because VAR is an aide to officiating and so referees should not be dependent on the VAR.

“We want everyone to catch the euphoria that VAR will soon come to Ghana with the support of the Ghana Football Association, CAF and FIFA” Referees Manager Alex Kotey ended

Currently, only a few African countries, namely, Morocco, South Africa and Egypt use VAR in their domestic competitions.

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On September 1, Congress approved a new allowance structure for officials of the Ghana Football Association at the meeting held at the Ghanaman Soccer Center of Excellence, Prampram.

The Ad-hoc Compensation Committee was formed with the mandate of developing a new allowances and bonuses structure for executives of the country’s top hierarchy, GFA.

Based on a thorough job and recommendations that was presented by the Ad-hoc Compensation Committee of the association, Congress however accepted and passed for the allowances and bonuses structure to take effect.

Breakdown of Allowances

The President, Kurt Okraku will duly receive a  monthly allowance of GHS 12,000, Vice President, Mark Addo will take home a cool  GHS 7,000 whiles the Executive Council members will be paid GHS 4000 as allowances.

Meeting Allowances

With regards to meeting allowance, the President will take home GHS 1600, his vice will pocket GHS 1400 as meeting allowance with the Executive Council members also receiving GHS 1300.

These new changes to the allowances and bonuses structure have since been met with lots of backlash from the public spectacle on electronic media, social media as well as other mediums, with many claiming that the Kurt led administration that preached on the mantra of “”bringing back the love” are taking exorbitant allowances that will have dire implications on the public purse of the country.

It remains to be seen if this new administration will do things differently from what the prior administration under the leadership of Kwesi Nyatakyi were doing.

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The Confederation of African Football (CAF), has decided to support member Associations with one hundred (100) footballs for use by Associations as match balls.

As a result, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) will be a beneficiary of this gesture as the continental football governing body, work to support member Associations via the FIFA Forward programme. This was communicated to the GFA on Thursday, August 13, 2020 in a letter by CAF.

“In light with CAF efforts to support its National Associations, CAF has the pleasure to inform you that it has been decided to provide 100 match balls to each Member Association”. the letter said.



The 100 match balls are part of the FIFA Forward Program and the distribution is scheduled over two batches (end of August and end of September).

The 100 footballs from CAF will be used by the national teams of the Association.

It would be recalled that the GFA announced plans to support grassroots football with 6,000 balls through its FIFA Forward 1.0 programme.

The GFA also announced a 5,000-football sponsorship deal for the male competitions, the Ghana Premier League, Division One League and the FA Cup for the next three seasons.

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Official Television Broadcast partner, StarTimes, on Monday, August 10, 2020 donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), to the staff of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).

The PPEs includes two I.R thermometer guns and Five Thousand (5,000) pieces of facemasks.

This is part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility to their partners in the fight against the Corona Virus pandemic and one of such steps is to support the staff of the GFA in their mandate to continue to serve the football community. The Pay TV Service Provider seeks to ensure that the GFA staff are well equipped against the virus in the discharge of their duties.

The presentation was done by Mrs. Akorfa Banson, Head of Marketing accompanied by Mr. Eli Kondoh, Public Relations Officer of StarTimes.

Receiving the donation on behalf of the GFA Staff, General Secretary Prosper Harrison Addo (Esq.) expressed gratitude to the company for the gesture in this “Living with Covid-19” era.

StarTimes is the exclusive Television Rights owner of the Ghana Premier League and the FA Cup competitions of the GFA.

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President of the Ghana Football Association Kurt E.S Okraku has inspected a 6.5-acre land secured by the federation at Wintogo, Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region for the construction of an AstroTurf.

Full GFA Statement:

The land, which was donated by Mr. Ababu Afelibik, headmaster of the Bolgatanga Senior High School, has been duly registered in the name of the Ghana Football Association.

The GFA, with the help of the Upper East Regional Football Association, the Chiefs, elders and the Community on Wednesday, August 05, 2020, unveiled the signpost for the project at a brief ceremony.

This follows the decision of the Executive Council to use part of the project funds from the FIFA Forward 1.0 programme for the construction of two Astro Turfs – one at Prampram and the other at Bolgatanga.

Executive Council members Nana Sarfo Oduro and Alhaji Salifu Zida Shaibu, who doubles as Chairman of the Upper East Regional Football Association, accompanied the GFA President. Also, in attendance were Executive Council members of the Regional and District Football Association for Upper East.

The construction of this AstroTurf will come as a relief to the people of Bolgatanga who have been without a quality playing field for years.

The pitch, when completed, will serve the people of Bolgatanga and its environs.

The FIFA Forward 1.0 fund was one of the key issues that President Kurt Simeon Okraku discussed with FIFA President Gianni Infantino during his visit to the Home of Football, Switzerland in December 2019. Since the visit, the GFA has been working with the FIFA Development officers who visited Ghana in March 2020.

Other projects earmarked under FIFA Forward 1.0 will be announced in due course.

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The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has decided on an investment of $280,000 into a strategy to improve competitions via the provision of mechanized boreholes at game centres across the country.

President Kurt E.S Okraku announced this during a working visit to the Tamale Stadium annex and the Tamale Kaladan Park on Thursday, August 06, 2020.

The borehole project will be used to develop Premier League, Division One League, Women’s Premier League, and Game centres of Regional Football Associations.

The mechanized borehole strategy will be funded via the FIFA Forward 1.0 programme.

Executive Council member Nana Sarfo Oduro and Abu-Hassan Mahamadu (Rhizo), Chairman of the Northern Regional Football Association, and Jones Alhassan Abu, Member of the Black Stars Management Committee, accompanied the GFA President.

The provision of boreholes is aimed at improving the quality of pitches and ultimately improve competitions across the country.

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