Former GFA Capo MND Jawula explains why Ghana failed to qualify for WC under his leadership

Erstwhile Ghana Football Association Chief, Lepowura Alhaji Mohammed Nurudeen Jawula believes bad officiating caused the Black Stars inability to qualify for World Cup during his era.

Jawula was the chairman of the football governing body from 1997 to 2001.

The Black Stars first qualified for the Mundial in 2006 under Kwesi Nyantakyi but the Black Stars were kicked out after the group stage. Ghana went on to qualify to the subsequent two editions hosted by South Africa and Brazil respectively.

The Chairman of the Premier League Management Committee insists Ghana could not qualify for a world Cup because of bad officiating.

“What I thought was that all the time we didn’t get the best of officiating, there was this particular game we played against Morocco, we needed a win to qualify, Abedi had dribbled the goalkeeper and was clear on goal and the referee whistled for an offside, these are things we couldn’t do anything about,” he told Class FM.

Ghana missed out on the last edition in 2018 held in Russia after a poor run of qualification.