The Ghana football Association (GFA) Ethics committee has handed a year ban to the former Aduana Stars CEO Mr. Kofi Manu restricting him from participating in all football related activities within the said period.
The GFA Ethics Committee in its meeting held on December 10th 2020, found the astute football administrator guilty of breach of article 18 of the GFA Code of ethics 2019 (Duty to Cooperate) which imposes a duty to assist and cooperate truthfully, fully and in good faith with the ethics committee at all times, and not to take any action actually or apparently intended to obstruct, evade or otherwise interfere with any actual or potential ethic Committee proceedings.
In the GFA’s letter they invited Kofi Manu to their last sitting on 30th December, 2020.
In an interview with Ohene Bampo-Brenya on Happy Sports, Kofi has stated explicitly that he will not appear before any the committee on their next sitting as they indicated in the letter addressed to him
“I wouldn’t go until they do the right thing. They can ban me 200 years it will not affect me. I am going to respond to this their ban within the next three days”
Meanwhile, the football Administrator allegedly indicted the GFA capo Kurt Okraku of witch-hunting him even after playing a major role in getting the GFA presidential elections underway.
“I am personalizing the issue because I know and I have evidence he (Kurt Okraku) is behind all these. As a president of an association, you should be the first custodian of our statutes, to respect the statutes. So if you breach non-discrimination and equity provisions act, by now you should be appearing before the ethics committee and have been banned for about three years”.
“You cannot be inviting people to this kangaroo court. We are not in Military regime. There are laws that are to be followed. If you follow the laws, I will also stay in my lane. Me Kofi Manu, nobody can do me anything”, He added
By: Emmanuel Owusu Boadi