A five-year ban for Kotoko chief executive Sylvester Asare Owusu for allowing fans to use unapproved entry points during the Hearts v Kotoko Premier League game on February 8 has resurrected the age old debate about the safety of Ghanaian stadiums and Jawula, a former GFA boss and vice president of the Local Organising Committee of the 2008 Nations Cup says Ghana’s approach is wrong. “Stadium security has become a whole big sector on its own but we have not caught up with at,” he told KickOffGhana.com. “We need to rethink that area and begin to train people to ensure that the stadiums are much safer for families and everyone involved.” “I have been commissioning matches for CAF and FIFA in recent years and the brief on security and the appropriateness of venues has become such an important thing. We must take it serious as well.” The former GFA president feels the latest recommendations is a step forward from the past when people could get away with “impunity” for football related wrongs. But he says he suspects the year ban on the Kotoko chief executive may lack the legal basis. “I don’t know if the Ministry of Youth and Sports can ban anyone which is effectively what has happened. At best the Ministry should have acted through the football association because once you are a member of the football association, your issues fall under them.”
Jawula calls for security rethink
