The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has challenged the Attorney General\u2019s petition at the High Court seeking for a dissolution of the Association.<\/p>\n
In an 83-page response to the petition by the AG, the GFA, through their lawyers, among others challenged the capacity of government to dissolve it.<\/p>\n
Last week, the Attorney General\u00a0filed a petition<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to have the GFA dissolved following the release of an investigative expos\u00e9 by journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.<\/p>\n The government also secured a 10-day injunction on all activities of the GFA\u00a0starting June 12, while it pursued other avenues of reforming the association.<\/p>\n However, the GFA\u2019s lawyers argue that the Association, as a company limited by guarantee, was not formed in the interest of the public, but purely in the interest of its members and therefore the AG\u2019s petition based on the \u201cpublic interest\u201d cannot stand.<\/p>\n Respondent also says in answer to paragraph 7 of the petition that the public\u2019s involvement which may be loosely described as \u201cinterest\u201d in the activities carried out by Respondent\u2019s members (football clubs) in their associative relationship with one another in the form of a company limited by guarantee, is narrowly limited to the emotional attachment and the joy that the football activities carried on by Respondent\u2019s members bring to them, but such members of the public have no legal or equitable interest in any of Respondent\u2019s members or Respondent itself for that matter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The GFA lawyers also argue that the AG\u2019s petition was in response to the video of the then president of the association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, where he allegedly took bribes.<\/p>\n Journalist,\u00a0Anas Aremeyaw Anas\u2019 investigative piece, Number 12 caught many Ghanaian FA officials and referees in alleged\u00a0match-fixing deals<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Kwesi Nyantakyi, who has since resigned as President of the GFA was also caught on tape plotting to fleece the FA of sponsorship money while promising supposed investors access to President Akufo Addo for a fee.<\/p>\n