The three day symposium according a press release by the Ghana Football Association on is supposed to “address problems facing the country’s favorite sport while examining ways of improving on recent successes.”

In attendance are all stake holders of Ghana Football which include representatives from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, leadership of the leadership of the Premier League Board, the Division One League, the MTN FA Cup, Women’s League as well as National Juvenile Committee.

The first day of the summit had the President of the Ghana football Association give his opening remarks of the summit in which he indicated that the summit would lead to legislative reforms and needed changes as the FA continues to improve the game in the country.

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Vice Chairperson of the Women’s League Board made a presentation and highlighted the successes of Women’s football in the year as well as the challenges.

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She indicated that interest in the game had improved as she used the Sanford Women’s FA Cup Final as case study in the sense that 7,500 people attended the final between Prison Ladies and Police Ladies at the Cape Coast Stadium on 28th October, 2017.

Amoh also highlighted the challenges which included lack of finances, facilities and support from the Regional Football Associations.

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Roselind Amoh also zeroed down to the National Women’s League where she spoke on lack of sponsorship for the women’s league in relation to the FA Cup which is sponsored by the Sanford Hospital.

Mr Kwaku Ayiah who heads the body in charge of youth football stated that a nationwide u-15 tournament will start soon. The challenges he highlighted were the checking of the true ages of the young players and FIFA connect registration.