{"id":421159,"date":"2017-09-22T16:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/22\/government-will-not-interfere-in-football-bawumia\/"},"modified":"2017-09-22T16:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T16:00:32","slug":"government-will-not-interfere-in-football-bawumia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/22\/government-will-not-interfere-in-football-bawumia\/","title":{"rendered":"Government will not interfere in football \u2013 Bawumia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 22 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-22<\/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\/81762964.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ahmad Ahmad Mahamudu Bawumia 1\" title=\"Ahmad Ahmad Mahamudu Bawumia 1\" width=\"295\" height=\"255\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>CAF President, Ahmad Ahmad and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia<\/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\/1506096032_604_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Government will not interfere in the management of football in the country, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bawumia gave the assurance in an interaction with the president of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad, at the Flagstaff House in Accra on Friday, 22 September 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s passion for the game, there\u2019s interest in the game and that interest amongst our people is also translated into the interest by the government. We want to make sure soccer does well and football is governed properly and so on and so, we\u2019ll do everything in our capacity for the development of football,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t really want to interfere in the management of football, but we want to provide the environment for that management to benefit the country. So we have very high expectations of the administrators of football. We are very privileged as a country to host the African Women\u2019s Championship in 2018. I think our President is also very happy because he\u2019s the AU gender champion so anything to do with women, he\u2019s very interested. For us to have the opportunity to host the African Women\u2019s Championship for the first time is a great one,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ahmad and the entire membership of the continent\u2019s football governing body&#8217;s Executive Committee were led to the Flagstaff House by Ghana\u2019s FA president, Kwesi Nyantakyi, to pay a courtesy call on Dr Bawumia.<\/p>\n<p>The CAF president arrived in the country on Thursday. From the presidency, the delegation will be expected to attend the Alhaji Sly Tetteh Memorial Lectures on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>A CAF Executive Committee meeting will be held in Accra on Saturday, September 23, where some key decisions on African football are expected to be taken. The entire delegation will then travel to Cape Coast, where they will watch the final match of the WAFU Cup of Nations tournament between Ghana and Nigeria on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch the video below<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PmOP9cPe08I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 4 updated by: 4 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Friday, 22 September 2017 Source: classfmonline.com 2017-09-22 play videoCAF President, Ahmad Ahmad and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia &#13; Government will not interfere in the management of football in the country, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said. 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