Those running the GFA have so lost touch with reality, these days it doesn’t seem worth the bother to react to whatever they say- because you know by definition its going to be a hot, steaming pile of horsesh*t.
Sanni Daara especially, as the organisations communication officer, has gone off the edge. The former BBC journalist, who you would think would know of the intricacies of the communication process- has rather become the FA’s pitbull, sent out to attack anyone at the slightest hint of disagreement with the body.
But who can blame him? The GFA runs like a self autonomous body within Ghana, deriving its unlimited powers from its highly corrupt mother body Fifa. The FA is accountable to no one, does whatever the hell they want- and if you have the guts to complain, they set Saani Daara on you like a rabid dog.
Kwesi Nyantakyi’s GFA has done incredibly well to turn the Black Stars into a global brand, and Ghana has consistently been a top thirty side in the world for much of the past decade. While that’s admirable, the saying charity begins at home exists for a reason, and if we’re talking about the local league, the performance of this FA has been worse than atrocious.
Their inadequacies in that regard is just glaring. The quality of football in the league has consistently tanked over the years, attendances have been dropping, the presence of this league as a brand or product is virtually non-existent. In recent years, the Ghana Premier League has rightly become a joke.
In response, this FA has consistently tried to blame everyone else but themselves for this failure. Nyantakyi has in the past blamed European football for low attendances, whilst also once saying people are not going to stadiums because they aren’t enough s*xy women there. The refrain has been we are doing the best we can, but forces beyond our control are wrecking the league.
The latest piece of absurdity to come from these pot-bellied bourgeoisie is that the local league is in the state it’s in because of the unending criticisms lobbed at it by the twi radio stations (I’m guessing they mean Countryman Songo).
The local league recently lost the sponsorship of First Capital Plus, after the company pulled out due to some internal issues (code for we’re not getting our money’s worth).
Speaking on the matters leading to the demise of the league, spokesman Saani Daara said obviously, the perceived strength of the brand of the league would fall if constant criticism is levelled at it.
“If the Ghana Premier League gets better, more sponsors get on board, to the benefit of radio stations; but some particular Twi-speaking radio stations tag the league as stupid and nasty.
“Yet when they run commentaries they have numerous spiritualists, akpeteshie companies all running adverts on the same product which they have condemned.
“If the league gets better is for all of us, but when you destroy it then most of you will lose your jobs,” he told Starr Sports.
So, because criticising a sh*t product means noone would want to be associated with it, everyone has to hold off on their criticism? The Ghana Premier League did not get to its current state because it was being criticised, it is being criticised because it’s in its current state. This in a non-sequitur of epic proportions being espoused by Saani Daara, and he hopes Ghanaians have taken leave of their senses long enough not to pick up on the bullcrap he’s spewing.
This is one of the biggest problems with how things are run in Ghana. Instead of those in charge finding a way to fix the problems they have, they rather prefer to blame everyone else on this planet rather than themselves. So you can have governments whining about dumsor rather than trying to solve it, saying they inherited it- or a corrupt football association blaming journalists for doing their jobs, rather than concentrating on righting the sinking ship called the Ghana Premier League.
That FA is run like a cabal, which one man wielding unlimited power, and carefully selecting those around him to further consolidate it. It’s almost run like a fascist state, or the Catholic church. Almost.