The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is the successor to the Gold Coast Football Association, which used to be the governing body for football in Ghana and was one of the oldest football associations in Africa, having been founded in 1920.Cape Coast and Accra were the first colonial cities in sub-Saharan Africa to host formal leagues in the Gold Coast. After a weak start in 1915, the league kicked off in 1922 with the Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club emerging as winners, taking the coveted Guggisberg shield – named after the progressive British governor of that period and the man who started the Accra Football League, Sir Gordon Guggisberg.

Football was brought to the Gold Coast near the end of the 19th century by merchants from Europe, who had by then conquered the coastal areas and built forts and castles to facilitate trade. In their leisure time, the sailors would play football among themselves and with the indigenous people.

In 1952, the Government of the Gold Coast enacted Ordinance 14, which established the Gold Coast Amateur Sports Council, and granted the Government of the Gold Coast the legal authority to control all amateur Associations, including Football. As the popularity of the game spread throughout the country, the existing clubs met towards the end of 1930 and elected Richard MaabuoAkwei as their Chairman.

Towards the middle of 1950, the clubs, spearheaded by Ohene Djan, accused Akwei of maladministration and questioned his ability to help grow Ghanaian Football.They therefore addressed petitions to the Governor of the Gold Coast, Sir Charles Arden-Clarke, and the Pioneer Sports Organizer, Joseph Ranadurai, on the maladministration of the Amateur Football Association by Akwei. While the petition was being addressed, Ohene Djan led a “Football Revolution" and succeeded in toppling the Akwei Administration in 1957. This long standing dispute among executives of football managers could be termed as chronic as it spans generations till date.

Quite recently, the Ghana government has been angered by the revelations of deep-rooted corruption in Ghana’s football. These follows the premiere of #Number12, an investigative piece by journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his Tiger eye PI team, on alleged corruption within the game in the country.

In the video, over 100 referees and match commissioners were seen receiving bribes to fix matches in the Ghana Premier League. The documentary also exposes the gross mal-functioning of the Ghana Football Association (GFA); characterized by widespread fraud, corruption, and bribery. In furtherance, there has also been accusations and counter accusations of certain individuals thought to have played certain roles which compromised the integrity of the association. The association was officially dissolved to pave way for restructuring.

Assuming you have been appointed as the Organizational development consultant of the association; present a report showing roadmap for achieving organizational effectiveness.