The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is expected to hold a crunch meeting with giants, Accra Hearts of Oak SC and Asante Kotoko SC, today at its secretariat in Accra.
The meeting is expected to discuss the remaining proposals from the two clubs regarding security enhancement at Premier League venues as well as demands to get an autonomous body to organise the national football league.
Today’s meeting follows positions taken by the two leading clubs and demands made as a result of the chaotic scenes recorded at Nsoatre where Nsoatreman FC played Asante Kotoko in a Ghana Premier League game.
That led to the death of a staunch Kotoko fan and subsequent arrests of suspects connected to the incident including the owner and bankroller of the home club, Mr Ignatius Baffour Awuah, a former minister of Employment and Labour Relations.
An FA statement explained that the GFA has already addressed all the safety and security aspects of the proposals through the newly introduced Enhanced Matchday Safety and Security Protocol 2025, which has since been shared with the clubs and all stakeholders of the Premier League.
“It must further be noted that the Autonomous Premier League, has already been registered as a company with the Registrar of Companies under Ghanaian law and its bank accounts opened by the Implementation Committee headed by His Majesty Togbe Afede XIV,” it said.
“Thus, the Association has, in effect, handed over the Autonomous Premier League Company to the Premier League clubs, since the Implementation Committee members will only be replaced on the Board by the Directors of the 18 clubs,” it continued.
According to the statement, the process reached a stage where each Premier League club was to submit its rightful board representative (Director) to serve on the Board of the Autonomous Premier League Limited.
The statement further indicated that the Football Association was very eager for the clubs to move the implementation forward, adding that “it was pleased to be meeting Accra Hearts of Oak SC and Asante Kotoko SC to further engage on their remaining proposals.”
It said the association would hold another meeting with all the Premier League clubs to discuss the Enhanced Matchday Safety and Security Protocols and other issues in relation to the Ghana Premier L
BY TIMES SPORTS REPORTER