Does the FIFA Oti Akenteng meeting contradict the terms of GFA's injunction? | Soccer

The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), Tuesday, July 4, in a letter signed by its Secretary General, Fatima Samoura, appointed Mr. Francis Oti Akenteng a member of a two-person liaison team with Dr. Kofi Amoah.

However, the appointment appears to have raised questions as to whether this does not contradict the terms of the injunction made to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and its officials or not?

In the week in which the appointment of Mr. Oti Akenteng was announced, a High Court in Accra had accepted the Attorney General's request to issue a 10-day injunction to the GFA and its officials, while She was preparing to file an application for the injunction to be made permanent.

The injunction is essentially translated by; "An order prohibiting members, directors and officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) from exercising the powers ordinarily conferred upon them by the provisions of the Companies Act (Bill 179)", such as "… it emerges from a press release signed by Minister of Information, Dr. Mustapha Abdul Hamid, on June 12, 2018.

The injunction also meant that the GFA officials, as they did previously, could no longer act as a GFA officer either by organizing football matches or by appointing executives and other officials, which is part of the mandate of both men. liaison team formed.

Subsequently, the court granted, on Thursday, July 12, an extension of an injunction against GFA officials, members and directors barring them from holding any official office in the name of of the badociation.

The concerns of contradiction stem from the letter of appointment addressed to Mr. Francis Oti Akenteng by FIFA, which in the letter addressed to Mr. Akenteng, as technical director of a prohibited GFA .

Does this role of technical director make him a GFA official, banned with his officials and preventing him from organizing football matches or appointing leaders, or to do so? liaison with Ghanaian football teams? [19659002] What many Ghanaians expect of FIFA and the government, is to use people without ties to the GFA banned as nominations, if there is an appointment of officials for form any body shape to view the permanent or temporary operation of football, and Mr. Akenteng undoubtedly has a strong connection with the GFA ban, so does not correspond to the bill established by the Ghanaians.

The address of the recipient on the FIFA nomination letter, said: "Ghana Football Association, Mr. Francis Oti Akenteng, technical director," and this clearly shows that the governing body of football Global still considers Mr Akenteng as the technical director of the GFA, which was the subject of an embargo by a Ghana court.

One could argue that his appointment to the liaison team was made possible due to his former designation, which somewhat contradicts the government's injunction against the GFA and its officials preventing them from performing their duties as such.

The court granted a petition filed by the Attorney General, acting on behalf of the government, for the dissolution of the GFA, thereby appointing the Registrar General's Department, the sole obligation to manage the GFA's badets to prevent any form the investigations were still ongoing.

The courts therefore took this interim step until the motion was fully heard by the GFA, also challenging the Attorney General's request for its dissolution.

Nevertheless, this means that, as at present, the Ghana Football Association, as well as its officials, are rendered inoperative by the injunction, waiting for a total closure by the Registrar General.

Meanwhile, the FIFA-appointed two-member liaison team also began work, with a meeting with members of the Ghana League Club Association (GHALCA) last Monday. , to ensure that Ghanaian teams compete in international competitions.