Ghana's Normalisation Committee may head to FIFA over government interference after the country's Sports Ministry bypassed the interim body to organise a special competition for local clubs.
The world governing body will view the latest development as direct government interference and may be forced to step in.
The latest decision is a massive slap on the competence of the four-member committee, who have been unable to reach an agreement with clubs over the competition.
Massive power play and ego-infested machination could be triggered and deepened with the interim body unlikely to let it slide as its dent their competences for the top job.
The interim Ghana FA has been told to focus on reviewing status and activate the processes for elections, in what appears a damning assessment of their tenure so far.
The country's sports minister has thus set-up a seven-member committee chaired by his deputy Perry Okudzeto to resolve the outstanding issues of regulations, financial package and the management of the competition.
However, this could spark anger within the ranks of the Normalisation Committee as they are likely to view the setting up of the committee as governmental interference in their work.
Government may win the battle in the end as they are providing the funding for the competition but unclear how FIFA will view the latest development if it's brought to their attention.
The decision to form a new team to oversee the management of the Special Competition is a damning indictment on the Normalisation Committee, who has been on a turf war with Premier League clubs in recent weeks.
The Special Competition has been dogged with several delays amid transparency issues and lack of respect from the interim body.
Both the Normalisation Committee and clubs held separate meetings with the Parliamentary select committee on sports to find a solution to the impasse which has delayed the start of local football.
It appears the minister of youth and sports Isaac Asiamah had enough of the squabble, opting to set aside the NC and form a new team to oversee the running of the competition.
It's unclear how the latest development will be viewed by neutrals but will surely spark a wave of controversy in the West African nation.
The Normalisation Committee has up to March 31 to wind up their activities.
Source: Ghanasoccernet.com
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de3 eda no yanfanto a efiri t). Na adwene b)ne ba Akura tirim mu a )t) ngo mu. Normalization committee and those who were remote controlling them should begin to fear God. in leadership, one can never win simply because he has the media on his side. it's about how fair and truthful you are. this NC has been a total waste of time and resources. what prevented govt from selecting members similar to what the minister has just done to the members of the NC, some months ago ? you see how Africans delay in getting things done right? for which reasons we're finding it difficult to develop? what has become the so called people with integrity and so on? Ghanaians understanding of integrity is all about those they think should hold certain position to their convenience and those who are far away from them are classified as having no integrity. Nana Addo, allow football people to run their game. if govt think there's the need to change one or two policies there, do it in line with FIFA rules and lets move on. this whole Anas so called investigation in football was borne out of malice. it was a sponsored work to destroy some people out of hatred, don't be part of such malice.