{"id":9813,"date":"2018-07-12T11:40:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T11:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=9813"},"modified":"2018-07-12T11:40:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T11:40:06","slug":"court-appoints-registrar-of-companies-to-manage-gfa-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=9813","title":{"rendered":"Court appoints Registrar of Companies to manage GFA assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The High Court has appointed the Registrar of Companies as the official liquidator of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).<\/p>\n<p>The court decided this after it granted an injunction application by Attorney General to restrain the GFA and all it assigns from carrying out any official work.<\/p>\n<p>The decision of the court means the registrar of companies, Jemima Oware, will manage all the assets of GFA until the hearing of the substantive petition for liquidation.<\/p>\n<p>In his ruling, the judge, Justice Samuel Kwame Asiedu said he had no contentions with the issues raised by the AG.<\/p>\n<p>This AG filed a new application for an injunction and a taking over of the assets of the GFA after the expiration of the 10-day injunction granted by the same court.<\/p>\n<p>The Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, has argued that the GFA is being used for illegal purposes.<\/p>\n<p>The injunction, according to the AG, is\u00a0therefore necessary\u00a0to protect the public.<\/p>\n<p>The government began moves to dissolve the GFA after revelations of corruption by Anas Aremeyaw Anas\u2019 investigative piece.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TboTYfdKpzI\" width=\"777\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kwesi Nyantakyi, who has since resigned as President of the GFA, was 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<p>Many other Ghanaian FA officials and referees were also caught in alleged\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/05\/29\/number12-anas-uncovers-match-fixing-between-local-teams\/\">match-fixing deals<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The GFA has challenged the Attorney General\u2019s petition at the High Court seeking for the dissolution.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>The GFA\u2019s lawyers argued 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<p>It also\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/07\/05\/anas-expose-gfa-petitions-fifa-over-dissolution-by-govt\/\">petitioned FIFA<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0over the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-page petition was signed by 17 members of the FA\u2019s Executive Committee.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_412768\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-412768 disappear mom_appear\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/161124113723-fifa-logo-exlarge-169.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/161124113723-fifa-logo-exlarge-169.jpg 780w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/161124113723-fifa-logo-exlarge-169-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/161124113723-fifa-logo-exlarge-169-768x431.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The petition explained that government\u2019s application for an injunction to the court contained an error in naming Kwesi Nyantakyi as a Director of the FA, which had been registered as a company limited by guarantee under the Companies Act 1963.<\/p>\n<p>The application was filed on June 12, but Mr. Nyantakyi resigned on June 8 and was no longer part of the FA.<\/p>\n<p>It has also asked for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/07\/09\/gfa-begs-for-more-time-to-respond-to-govt-in-court\/\">more time<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to respond to an injunction application filed by the government against them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: Citinewsroom.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High Court has appointed the Registrar of Companies as the official liquidator of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). 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