Governance failure in Ghanaian football and a presidential reform agenda
Ghana's Sports Minister issued seven directives to the GFA following the departure of head coach Carlos Queiroz. These orders include dissolving the technical team and national team management committees. They will be replaced by separate committees for men and women. A five-member panel will now assist in selecting the next coach to prevent the GFA from acting alone. Some critics argue these changes do not address deeper governance issues or who controls football decisions in Ghana.
The day after Carlos Queiroz left the Black Stars as head coach, the Sports Minister sat the GFA down and handed over seven directives. The technical team and the national team management committees would be dissolved. Separate men’s and women’s committees would replace them. A five-member panel would help find the next coach, and the GFA would not be allowed to appoint one alone. It looked decisive, and some of it is sensible. But nothing in those directives asks who sits at the table where Ghana’s football decisions are made, whose interests they serve, or who is allowed to check them. We have been here before, and the paper trail proves it.