GFA bans Wamanafo Town Recreation area indefinitely after attack upon match officials

The particular Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) provides banned the Wamanafo City park indefinitely with instant effect. This decision has been taken following assaults over the Referees at Wamanafo with the home supporters in the Department One League match among Wamanafo Mighty Royals FC and Tano Bofoakwa FC on Sunday, March twenty-eight, 2021. The Competitions Section of the GFA will now repair the venues for the forthcoming home matches of Wamanafo Mighty Royals FC along with due regards to the range to be travelled by the aside teams. Below is the notice sent to the Club: The particular recent meetings and workshops organised by the Ghana Soccer Association (GFA) with Membership Chief Executive Officers and Golf club Safety and Security Officers on security and safety at the various stadia relates. Again, last week another workshop on safety and security was prepared by the GFA for night clubs at which Senior CAF/FIFA Security and safety Officer, David Van Vuuren from South Africa also discussed continental experience and outcomes with regards to the just ended CHAN tournament. It is against this history of the efforts invested in to promoting safety and security at the matches that the Association can be shocked and extremely alarmed in the criminal assaults on the Referees at Wamanafo by the house supporters in the Division A single League match between Wamanafo Mighty Royals FC plus Tano Bofoakwa FC upon Sunday, March 28, 2021. Again, considering the fact that the Organization has a process for complaining about any kind of alleged bad officiating plus a redress through the Match Evaluation Panel, the Executive Authorities of the Association see any kind of attack on the Match Authorities as “an attack contrary to the entire sport, it getting, unwarranted and criminal”. The particular Executive Council has appropriately exercised its powers below Article 14(2) of the Department One League Regulations and it has ban the venue consistently. 14(2) “The GFA might order the closure associated with any league centre/venue in which the safety of clubs, suit officials and/or spectators can not be guaranteed”. The GFA furthermore notes that the home group, Wamanafo Mighty Royals FC allowed fans into the recreation area and also the inner perimeter plus condemns, without any reservations, the particular violations of the GFA Authorized Matchday COVID-19 Protocols which usually took place at the match. The particular GFA Prosecutors have been tasked to prefer the appropriate Fees immediately and for the Disciplinary Committee to sit on this particular matter expeditiously. The Organization has instructed the Contests Department to fix the sites for the upcoming home fits of Wamanafo Mighty Queens FC with due relation to the distance to be journeyed by the away teams (note that matches can be set at the home of the aside team if required). That clubs are to take take note and comply strictly using the GFA Matchday COVID-19 Methods. The GFA wishes in order to sound a strong note associated with caution to all members (especially all clubs) that the smallest harassment or attack upon Match Officials (Referees, Complement Commissioners, GFA Cameramen & Women, Venue Media Officers) shall be dealt with severely plus swiftly. Source: ghanafa. org
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