Pinnick to lead Ghana For Normalization Committee

Published on: 11 September 2018

The Normalization Committee will step in for the Executive Committee of the Ghana FA until such a time that FIFA/CAF believe there is enough grounds to allow for an election to elect new leaders of the FA.

FIFA relayed Pinnick’s appointment through a letter from its General Secretary, Fatma Samoura yesterday (September 10).

He will be joined by CAF’s Director, Member Associations, Veron Mosengo Omba and the Manager, Member Associations, Mr Nicola Luca and some other persons who are expected to be named on the Normalization Committee.

All three members of the joint FIFA/CAF mission are expected to meet the Minister of Youth and Sports Isaac Kwame Asiamah in Accra tomorrow (September 12) after their arrival today.

The Normalization Committee’s mandate includes the following tasks:

– To run the GFA’s daily affairs and cooperate with the special task force once it has been set up by FIFA, CAF and the Government of Ghana;

– To review the GFA statutes to ensure compliance with the requirements of FIFA and CAF, particularly art. 15 of the FIFA Statutes, and;

– Once the GFA statutes meet the requirements of FIFA and CAF, to organise and conduct elections of a GFA executive committee on the basis of the revised GFA statutes.

According to FIFA, the Normalization Committee shall be composed of an adequate number of members to be identified by the joint FIFA/CAF team.

The list is expected to be out by close of work on Wednesday September 12.

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