The Ministry of Sports and Recreation has ruled out any plans to dissolve the Ghana Football Association (GFA) despite growing calls for major changes following the Black Stars’ poor start to the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Sports and Recreation Minister Kofi Adams met GFA President Kurt Okraku and members of the GFA Executive Council on Friday at the Ministry in Accra, with discussions centred on the current state of Ghana football and the challenges facing the national team.
The meeting lasted more than two hours and came at a time of heightened pressure on the football authorities following Ghana’s disappointing results in the opening two matches of the AFCON qualifying campaign.
The Black Stars began their campaign with a 2-0 defeat to Côte d’Ivoire in Bouaké before suffering another setback at home, losing 4-2 to The Gambia at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The back-to-back defeats have left Ghana without a point from their first two Group C matches and sparked widespread concern over the direction of the national team.
The poor results have also led to calls from sections of the public and football stakeholders for significant changes within the GFA, with some demanding the dissolution of the Association.
However, Friday’s meeting indicates that the government is not pursuing that option. Instead, the Sports Ministry and the GFA are working together to identify a way forward for the Black Stars and Ghana football.
As part of the process, three representatives from government will join a technical search committee tasked with identifying potential candidates for the vacant Black Stars head coach position.
The committee will therefore include representatives from both the government and the football administration as Ghana begins the search for a successor to Carlos Queiroz.
Queiroz and the GFA mutually agreed to terminate his contract on Thursday, October 1, following the Black Stars’ difficult start to the AFCON 2027 qualifiers.
The latest engagement between the Ministry and the GFA also reinforces the government’s position that it does not intend to interfere with the independence of the football association.
Minister Kofi Adams had previously explained that the government does not have the authority to simply dissolve the GFA, which is an independently registered football association.
With the focus now shifting to finding a new head coach, the Ministry and the GFA face the task of stabilising the national team and addressing the concerns surrounding Ghana’s football administration.
Source: 3News
