{"id":450909,"date":"2017-12-29T23:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T23:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/decisions-taken-at-last-gfa-executive-committee-meeting\/"},"modified":"2017-12-29T23:00:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T23:00:27","slug":"decisions-taken-at-last-gfa-executive-committee-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/decisions-taken-at-last-gfa-executive-committee-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Decisions taken at last GFA Executive Committee meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Soccer News of Friday, 29 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>footballghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-29<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/16121855.295.jpg\" alt=\"Gfa Logos\" title=\"Gfa Logos\" width=\"295\" height=\"257\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The 24th Ordinary Congress of the GFA will be held on the 7th and 8th of February 2018 in Prampram<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514588427_788_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"><b><\/b>Congress \u2013 The 24th Ordinary Congress of the Ghana Football Association will be held on the 7th and 8th of February 2018 in Prampram.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Seminars before congress \u2013 The Executive Committee approved four seminars on Match fixing, Refereeing, Marketing and Media for various interest groups in football ahead of the start of the next season to help improve the game. The seminars will be held on the 6th and 7th of February in Prampram.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Calendar for the next three seasons \u2013 The Executive Committee approved the calendar for all competitions in Ghana football for the next three seasons that is &#8211;  2017\/2018, 2018\/2019, 2019\/2020. The calendar involves the CAF Inter-Club matches, the Ghana Premier League, the MTN FA Cup, Division One League and GHALCA tournament. With CAF restructuring its Inter-Clubs competitions, the calendar will be tweaked further to accommodate the changes when it is made by CAF.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Gala Competition \u2013 The Gala will usher in the 2017\/2018 football season. The Gala will be an invitational tournament for clubs in the Premier and Division One Leagues. Clubs will be asked to write to the GFA to express interest in participating in the 16-team tournament which will be held in Cape Coast from 3 to 4 February 2018.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Substantive General Secretary \u2013 The Executive Committee unanimously approved Mr Isaac Addo as the substantive General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Competitions Department: The General Secretary was tasked to advertise the three positions of the officers to work in the newly-created Competitions Department. The three positions are General Manager, Marketing Manager and Media Officer.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Pitches for the GFA \u2013 The Executive Committee approved the proposal of the President for the sod-cutting ceremonies for the construction of the ten StarTimes pitches to begin over the next few weeks. StarTimes\u2019 leadership in Ghana were invited to the meeting and also agreed with the Executive Committee to get the project underway as soon as possible. <\/p>\n<p>The first team regions targeted are Upper West, Upper East and Brong Ahafo regions as they are in dire need of these pitches to foster the development of the game. Some Regional FAs have already secured the lands for pitches while some are still in talks with landowners.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Young Referees\u2019 Development Programme \u2013 A new scheme to help develop new and younger referees for the country will be launched in the coming weeks to encourage young people in the country to take to refereeing. The Secretariat has been tasked to work with the Referees Association of Ghana (RAG) for the launch of this scheme and the training of these young referees. 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