Ghana’s Parliamentary Select Committee on Sports is to invite the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Minister responsible for Sports to explain the Black Stars’ recent performances.
Committee chairman Hon. Ernest Henry Norgbey confirmed the planned meeting in an interview with Akoma 87.9 FM after Ghana’s 4-2 loss to The Gambia in the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The defeat has prompted renewed scrutiny of the national team and the wider administration of football in Ghana. Norgbey said the committee had not yet formally investigated the Black Stars’ recent results but would seek answers from the GFA and the Sports Minister.
“We as a committee are yet to investigate into the performance of the Black Stars of recent times. We plan to invite the GFA, the Minister, purposely and specifically to interrogate what actually is happening to Ghana football, especially when it comes to the Black Stars,” he told Akoma 87.9 FM.
Norgbey also said the government could eventually consider significant changes to the way football is administered in the country.
He referred to developments in Nigeria and said Ghana needed to commit more resources to sport, while suggesting that dissolving the GFA and rebuilding the organisation could become a possibility.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if the government steps in and says, ‘We are dissolving the GFA and starting afresh,’ because we have seen something similar happen in Nigeria. We need to invest more in our sporting activities.”
However, the committee chairman stressed that he was not currently calling for the GFA to be dissolved. He said the priority was to establish what was taking place within the Black Stars camp before any decision was made.
“If we are banned for two years, those two years could be used to rebuild and restructure the system, but it is not a call I will make at this moment until I get the understanding of what exactly is happening in camp.”
The proposed engagement is expected to examine the reasons for the Black Stars’ recent struggles and assess the broader state of Ghana football.
Norgbey’s comments follow a result that has intensified concerns about the team’s performances, with Ghana having conceded four goals against The Gambia in Accra.
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Sports will now seek an account from the GFA and the Sports Minister as it begins examining the situation surrounding the national side.
By Emmanuel Owusu
