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GFA moves to check doping
among players
Kumasi, Oct. 6, Ghanadot/GNA - The Ghana Football
Association (GFA) has tasked its Medical Committee to
fashion out proactive doping control programmes to help
expose players who take performance- enhancing drugs.
Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, President of the Association who
announced this said doping in whatever form was against the
principles of soccer and of FIFA, the world's football
governing body and that the FA was determined to ensure that
the Ghanaian game was devoid of the usage of drugs by
players.
The President of the FA was speaking at a press conference
in Kumasi on Friday, and cautioned players against doping
and usage of other drugs adding that his outfit would not
hesitate to mete out the appropriate sanctions against any
player caught engaging in drugs.
The Press Conference was designed to create a forum for
media personnel in the northern sector of the country to
share their concerns about the Ghanaian game with the
Executive Committee of the GFA.
Mr Nyantakyi advised the players to be disciplined and work
harder to boost their football career development instead of
resorting to drugs, which he noted could jeopardize their
future.
He said the GFA has stepped up efforts to facilitate the
adjudication of cases presented to its Judicial Committee by
Clubs for the smooth running of the League.
The President of FA attributed the delay in dispensing of
cases before the Judicial Committees on timely basis because
majority of the members of the constituted Committees work
on part time bases.
He announced that the GFA therefore intends to engage
permanent members to improve upon the current situation.
Mr Nyantakyi affirmed the Association's resolve to develop
the junior national teams to an appreciable standard for the
benefit and development of Ghana football.
"We are putting in place the necessary measurers for the
successful grooming and steady progression of our juvenile
players to the senior national teams to ensure consistency
in Ghana football", he emphasized.
GNA
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