The Ghana Football Association Executive Council has named a seven-member Women’s League Committee for the Women’s Premier League.
The seven were elected during a meeting between the GFA Executive Council and the clubs in Accra. Veteran journalist and female football enthusiast, Rosalind Amoh will deputize HR Consultant , Madam Hilary Boateng who is the head of the seven member women’s league committee.
The former vice-chairperson of the National Women’s League has been a strong advocate for the development of women’s football since the late ’90s.
In 1999, she was part of the first women congress in California which looked at the establishment of the FIFA U17 Women’s tournament.
Other members of the Committee are; broadcast journalist Nana Aba Anamoah, renowned lawyer and Co-owner Ridge City,Cleopatria Nsia ,and Jerry Dogbatse.
As part of the GFA’s quest to encourage club’s involvement in the management of the league, the women’s league clubs were asked to nominate two representatives from the northern and southern zones of the Women’s League to complete the seven member Committee.
They nominated Nana Opoku Fosu Gyeabour II for the northern sector and Christian Isaac Mensah for the Southern Sector.
Meanwhile the Women’s League will kick off on the weekend of December 17, 2019. The Women’s Premier League was originally scheduled to kick off earlier in December but the Executive Council agreed to reschedule the kick off date following a plea by the women’s Premier League clubs.
Full list of Women’s League Committee:
- Madam Hilary Boateng (Chairperson).
- Rosalind Amoh (Vice Chairperson).
- Madam Cleopatra Nsia.
- Jerry Dogbatse.
- Nana Aba Anamoah
- Nana Poku Fosu Geabour II
- Christian Isaac Mensah
By: Ayishatu Zakaria Ali
