Lucy Quist, Vice Chair of the Ghana Football Association's Normalization Committee (NC) has made some corrections regarding reports in the media that the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS) is taking over the Special Competition.
Ms Quist in a statement on her social media handles explains that the interim Committee set-up by the MOYS will collaborate with the GFA Normalization Committee to draw up a road map for the competition and not to take over the work of the Normalization Committee as reported by several media outlets.
The Special Competition was called off some days ago following a misunderstanding between the clubs and the NC.Â
This called for a meeting between the Normalization Committee, Ghana League Clubs Association(GHALCA), Sports Ministry and the Parliamentary Select Committee on Sports and Culture on Monday to decide whether the competition should be abandoned or continued.
Therefore, the Normalization Committee have been apprised to pay attention to their mandate which is to review status and activate the processes for elections at the Ghana Football Association.
Her post on Social media read: "News reports have suggested what sounds like a takeover of the NC special football competition. These reports are erroneous".
"In light of the time left for normalization, the Normalization Committee pre-emptively suggested to parliament that a separate committee should run the tournament," Quist wrote on Tuesday.
"The NC believes that football should be played but respectfully thinks a separate team should run the competition as the excessive delay means an excessive overrun of the tournament beyond the mandate period. A separate committee will create room for the NC to focus on completing its mandate.
"This approach was vindicated when representatives of Ghalca, Premier League and Division 1 indicated that they would still like a review of financials, regulations and tournament format before any competition is kicked off.
"The Minister embraced the NC’s suggestion, given the circumstances, as being in the best interest of football in Ghana."
Speaking on the creation of the new committee after the meeting, Hon. Alex Agyekum revealed that the competition will continue as planned and a committee has been set to administer the competition whilst the NC concentrates on its core mandate.
Earlier, the deputy sports minister Perry Okudzeto and OB Amoah who is a former Minister for Sports who are part of the new committee set up to organize the special competition denied that such a committee has been formed.
But Quist has denied the claims revealing a new committee was set up by the Ministry to run the Special Competition but they are not to take over as earlier reported.