'Ghana Football Needs Military Referees', Says GFA Presidential Aspirant

Mr Fred Pappoe, a Ghana Football Association presidential aspirant is of the view that it is about we get military invovle in football in the country as part to restructure the officiating system.

The Accra Great Olympics Director indicated that the role of corrupt referees in the Number 12 Documentary and their contribution to the current state of the various leagues in the country.

“I believe we need to create some kind of competition because nothing prevents us.

“We have the security services and coming to the issues of referees I don’t see why we cannot approach the military.

“We can approach the leadership and make a plea for between 40 to 60 volunteers to be trained under a crash program from FIFA and CAF so we add them to the stock we have.

“We are all Ghanaians and we don’t need to run away from the fact that we behave differently when we see soldiers.

"Soldiers also by virtue of their training are very disciplined,” he revealed on The Tracker on Citi TV.

According to Pappoe, the introduction of the military referees will force the existing pool to improve their performance.

This idea forms a slice of his main manifesto which seeks to chart a path for the re-branding of Ghana Football.

The former Ghana FA Vice president joins the likes of George Afriyie, Osei Kweku Palmer, Nana Yaw Amponsah, Kurt Okraku, Amanda Clinton, Lawyer George Ankamah Mensah as they battle to be the head of the counyrt's football governing body.

The elective congress is expected to be held on October 25 following a successful vetting of the seven aspirants.