On Wednesday, June 6, 2018 I joined thousands of citizens at the Accra International Conference Center to watch the much talked about exposé (Number 12). Hours to the premiere, except of the entire expose came out (including that of Eddie Doku and couple of others) the talks and expectation was huge.

Ghanaians were dying to watch the expose, because of the supposed corruption in our game. The crowd at the Accra International Conference on that afternoon was shocking but it went on to tell me that Ghanaians indeed love the game. The crowd I saw on that day was something I haven’t seen in any of the league centers I have gone to in my career as a young journalist.

But has the benefit of the expose that myself and others who trekked to the AICC been felt? IT IS ABSOLUTELY NO.
I won’t downplay what Anas did but his effort seems to be useless because it has brought bad rather than good into our game. WHY? It is 52 days since the Number 12 exposé was first shown to the public. The only positive thing was the Government liaising with FIFA to form a liaison team to pave way for reformation in Ghana Football

We have gone 52 days without playing our Premier League games, Division One League games and other domestic competitions all in the name of reforms, BUT HAVE WE DONE ANYTHING MEANINGFULL WITHIN THE 52 DAYS? SAD TO SAY NO.

The liaison team was to cater for our national teams on the interim, but fact is they are failing even with our national teams.

• The national U-20 female team failed to go for a training tour in Spain as scheduled all in the name of VISA issues

• The Black Princesses haven’t played any high profile friendly game prior to the World Cup in France.

• The male U-20 team will play in their African Youth Championship qualifier against Benin in Ghana and am reading reports that we have failed to acquire visa for some of our key players

As a matter of fact, the Black Princess went to Australia for a training tour prior to the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup in Paupa New Guinea, even the ‘supposed corrupt officials’ were able to do that but the ‘supposed clean officials couldn’t’? Let me end it here, am not doing comparisons.

Were these the reforms we were calling for?

So we have spent 52 days for stuffs that have and are still sending us backwards?

I asked myself one question last dawn, WHY ARE THE SPORTS JOURNALIST WHO WERE ALWAYS CRITICIZING THE OLD ADMINISTRATION QUIET ON THIS LIAISON TEAM? Have they had the ‘small money’ from their paymasters? Oh I taught they stand for the truth oooooooooooooo.

To the Liaison team, it is not too late, you can do it, this write up is to put you on your toes am just not feeling the reforms, we can’t spend two years for only reforms, Club owners are paying players, contracts of players are running out.

Have spoken to about 5 Ghana Premier League players since the issue and all of them have arrived at one conclusion, “we are being affected by the situation”.

Some division two players are now selling ‘ice water’ (not disrespecting the ice water seller but everyone has his/her job)

By Francis Hema, follow on Twitter @FrancisHema5