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The former Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Ibrahim Sannie Daara, has expressed doubts about the possibility of the autonomous league, calling it ‘’unrealistic.’’
The proposal intensified after the tragic death of Francis Frimpong popularly known as 'Pooley' during the Porcupines' clash with Nsoatreman in Nsoatre in their Ghana Premier League matchday 19 fixture.
In the wake of the incident, both Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak submitted a joint statement to the GFA, demanding the establishment of an autonomous league managed by an independent body as part of broader reform proposals.
However, Sannie Daara, who currently serves as a Senior Media Officer at the Confederation of African Football (CAF), believes that Ghana lacks the necessary infrastructure to support such a league.
"I don't think the autonomous league is needed at this time because it is not easy. Before it is implemented, you would need CEOs, marketing, sponsorship, and television rights, and at the moment, we don't have these things in place’’ he told Asempa FM.
"If we look at the Premier League and South Africa, it is not easy for them, and so in our case, I don't think the autonomous League is realistic."
Instead, he advocates focusing on strengthening the fundamentals of the league and gradually building up from there to improve the overall system.
It’s worth noting that before the 2019 GFA elections, Kurt Okraku, the current GFA president, had pledged that the Ghana Premier League would eventually be run by an independent body.
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