Breaking News: Ghana FA reinstate Techiman City FC ahead of Division One League season

The Ghana Football Association has reinstated Techiman City FC ahead of the start of the 2020-21 National Division One League.The powerful 12-member Executive Council have tempered justice with mercy after reinstating the club ahead of the new campaign.This means Techiman City FC will participate in the Division One League zone 1.

The second-tier side were suspended provisionally by the Ghana Football Association in September 2020.

This was after the club went to court toplace an interlocutory injunction on the 26th Ordinary Congress.

A Ghana FA statement read: The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in the exercise ofitspowers under Article 39(n) of the GFA Statutes 2019 has suspended Techiman City Football Clubprovisionallyuntil the next Congressof the GFAfor violating the Statutes of theAssociation.”

Article 39(n) of the GFA Statutes 2019 states as follows:”The Executive Council shall have the following powers: Dismiss a member of a body of GFA provisionally or suspend a Member of GFA provisionally until the next Congress.”

”It is very clear from the admission requirements under Article 13and 16(1)(f)of the GFA Statutes 2019 that a member of the GFA will not take matters of interpretation and application of the FIFA, CAF and GFA Statutes, Regulations, decisions and directivesto theordinary courts, unless the FIFA Statutes or regulations, CAF Statutes or the GFA regulations, or binding national law, provide for a stipulate recourse to Ordinary courts.

”Where there are violations,Article 17.1 of the GFA Statues 2019 states that “the Congress is responsible for suspending a Member.

”The Executive Council may, however, temporarily suspend a Member that seriously and/or repeatedly violates its obligations as a Member with immediate effect.The suspension approved by the Executive Council shall last until the nextCongress, unlessthe Executive Council has lifted it in the meantime”.

Article 17(3) of the GFA Statutes states that”asuspended Member shall lose its membership rights. Other Members may not entertain sporting contact with a suspended Member. The Disciplinary Committee may impose further sanctions.”

Consequently, Techiman City FC was provisionally suspended from the Ghana Football Association untilthe nextGFACongress,wherethe delegates will be presented with the matter on the agenda for Congress to take adecision on the issue in accordance with the Statutes of the Association.

But the Ghana FA has lifted the suspension, days before the start of the new season.

The Techiman-based team was been suspended provisionally by the Ghana Football Associationafter the club went to court toplace an interlocutory injunction on the FAs26th Ordinary Congress.