Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Henry Asante Twum, has outlined the reasons behind the ban on Ghana’s stadiums by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
He cited issues such as insufficient floodlighting, malfunctioning scoreboards, and inadequate referee changing facilities.
Furthermore, Asante Twum highlighted additional concerns, including the condition of the playing surface, press conference facilities, media areas, dressing rooms, technical benches for the teams, and the Venue Operational Centre (VOC).
“The CAF officials came to Ghana for inspection, and they raised several issues.
There were problems with the pitch, press conference area, media zone, floodlights, scoreboard, dressing rooms, referee’s changing room, technical area, referee’s technical bench, the two teams’ technical benches, and the venue operational centre (VOC), which monitors CCTV cameras for security reasons,” he explained during an interview with Evans Mensah on Accra-based JoyNews.
Asante Twum pointed out that CAF first raised concerns about these deficiencies during the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers, which resulted in the ban of the Cape Coast Stadium.
He further noted that the same problems led to the suspension of the Baba Yara Stadium in 2024.