Dr. Baah-Nuakoh – A few clubs can compete in the Ghana Premier League if the Club Licensing Regulations are implemented to the fullest

Ghana Football Association(GFA) Club Licensing Manager, Dr Kwame Baah-Nuakoh, has disclosed that it will be extremely difficult to implement fully the club licensing regulations assessing the current state of the clubs.

The Club Licensing Board is the body directed by the GFA to ensure clubs are managed and administered professionally and according to the standards.

Dr Baah-Nuakoh revealed that it will be left with some few clubs to compete in the Ghana Premier League (GPL) if the regulation strictly adhered.

“For clubs to meet the full requirements of the Club licensing it requires money. These clubs play a league that is sponsorless. These clubs fund themselves but you need to also recognize the challenges they are going through.

“As a regulator, you have to be smart and understand the clubs too. We have to give them a time frame whereby they can meet the standards too. As we think about how the clubs should meet the requirements the aspect of money should also be considered”, he told Happy FM.

He also added that the difficulty in implementing the club licensing rule has to do with monitoring.

“The most difficult part of club licensing is monitoring. If we don’t get the chance to go around during the course of the season to monitor these clubs after giving them the conditional license it makes it difficult that’s why some of the clubs don’t even go ahead with what they promise to do, an example is the Liberty Professional case.

“Monitoring is a very important one but it comes at a cost. The GFA must also empower the club licensing board to ensure the regulations are adhered to”, he added.