{"id":415580,"date":"2017-09-07T04:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T04:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/07\/ghana-football-is-in-a-mess-songo\/"},"modified":"2017-09-07T04:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T04:00:29","slug":"ghana-football-is-in-a-mess-songo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/07\/ghana-football-is-in-a-mess-songo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana football is in a mess \u2013 Songo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday,  7 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-07<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/15677237.295.jpg\" alt=\"CountrymansongoSep\" title=\"CountrymansongoSep\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Host of \u2018Fire for Fire\u2019 on Multi TV, Patrick Osei-Agyemang<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1504756829_115_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Host of \u2018Fire for Fire\u2019 on Multi TV, Patrick Osei-Agyemang, popularly known as Countryman Songo has criticized the leadership of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for plunging the country\u2019s football into a mess.<\/p>\n<p>Songo, who has been a constant critic of the current GFA administration believes that Ghana football has retrogressed in the last 12 years under the watch of Kwesi Nyantakyi.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial journalist in an interview with Bola Ray on Starr Chat highlighted a number of factors that according to him paint a picture of the terrible state of our football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been to three World Cups and so far, we have achieved nothing. Our local league is dead and our clubs are failing to perform on the continental stage. Our local league is without sponsors and players and referees earn peanut\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also blamed the absence of sponsorship for the Ghana Premier League on the lack of accountability and transparency at the Ghana Football Association.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed his dissatisfaction with the performance of the GFA president and called on him to bring his 12-year reign to an end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur league can\u2019t attract sponsors because there is no transparency and accountability. Companies do not want to associate their brands with the GFA. Nyantakyi has done well but the time has come for him to give room to a new administration. 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