FIFA has stopped CEO of Elmina Sharks, Papa Kwesi Ndoum, and four others from attending a meeting between a Ghana delegation and the world football governing body at Zurich in Switzerland after an advice to FIFA on the inclusion of the aforementioned.
Dr. Ndoum and Nana Sam Brew-Butler, who runs Ebusua Dwarfs, were named as representatives of the elite league clubs to discuss proposed reforms in the running of football in Ghana.
This was announced in a letter signed by FIFA official Veron Mosengo-Omba and addressed to the Ghana Football Association on Tuesday, 26/06/18.
However, in a letter addressed to the GFA and signed by Solomon Mudege, Senior Development Manager CAF & Caribbean Region Subdivision, its states “Due to the Ghanaian government’s insistence that the court injunction against Ghana FA is still valid, we have had to withdraw your invitations to the meeting in Zurich”.
The letter further states, “We understand that your participation in the meeting would be against the relevant Ghanaian laws and you might personally face certain sanctions. As such, we advise you not to travel to Zurich”.
FIFA will thus meet a delegation from government on Friday June 29, 2018.
Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah, Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Dame, Deputy Chief of Staff, Samuel Jinapor and Cynthia Morrison, Member of Parliament for Agona West, left the country late Wednesday for Zurich for the meeting.
FIFA letter to GFA
Dear Mr Kweku, Mr Nduom,
I hope that you are well? Due to the Ghanaian government’s insistence that the court injunction against Ghana FA is still valid, we have had to withdraw your invitations to the meeting in Zurich.
We understand that your participation in the meeting would be against the relevant Ghanaian laws and you might personally face certain sanctions. As such, we advise you not to travel to Zurich.
A letter has been sent to the Ghanaian government (as attached) confirming that only FIFA and the Ghanaian government will participate in the meetings in Zurich. A new date of Friday 29 June 2018 has been set for the meeting.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused and assure you of our commitment to resolving the current issues in Ghanaian football. Best regards Solomon Solomon MUDEGE Senior Development Manager CAF & Caribbean Region Subdivision Member Associations Division.
Best regards
Solomon MUDEGE
Senior Development Manager
CAF & Caribbean Region Subdivision
Member Associations Division
