President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo has charged stakeholders to help the Bring Back The Love campaign initiated by the Ghana Football Association.
Football activities in the country came to a halt following the airing of the ‘Number 12’ documentary by ace journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas in June 2018.
The video shook the foundation of football to its core following the revelation made in the video.
Top officials of the former Ghana Football Association and the Regional FA chairmen were fingered engaging in dubious activities in the documentary.
After series of meetings with the Federation of International Football Association [FIFA], a five-member Normalization Committee was instituted to run the affairs of football in the country.
However, after the work of the five-member Committee, an election was held to elect a new president for the country’s football governing body.
Kurt Okraku was elected as the new Ghana Football Association for the next four years.
Following the return of football activities in the country, President Akufo Addo in the State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Thursday called on stakeholders to help revive football activities in the country.
“Government worked with FIFA, established the Normalization Committee and helped bring a new GFA into being. I am happy to note that football, the passion of the nation has returned to full normalcy, following the election of a new President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mr Kurt Okraku.
“I congratulate him on his election. The Ghana Premier League has started and let us help “Bring Back The Love.”
“It was with considerable reluctance that Government had to intervene in the administration of football, when we decided to dissolve the old GFA because of the bribery and corruption that engulfed its operation,” he added.