Women's rep on GFA ExCo happy with new Strategic Plan

Women’s football representative on the Executive Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Habiba Atta Forson, says the newly-launched Women’s Football Strategic Plan will bring massive improvement in the women’s game in Ghana.

She said the four-year document launched on Tuesday in Accra, if implemented, would lead to a total turnaround in all aspects of the women’s game and enable Ghana to rub shoulders with the elite countries in international tournaments.

Madam Habiba Atta Forson, who is mostly tagged as the doyen of women’s football in Ghana, said she was excited that the GFA had finally found the antidote to the dwindling fortunes of the women’s game.

“I am very happy about this strategy because it will bring a lot of improvement in women’s football in Ghana,” she said during a telephone interview with Graphic Online.

“Now, we will all know the best way to resource the teams, how to brand our players and how to market them properly,” she added.

Impact of the strategic plan

Touching on the genesis of women’s football in the country, she noted that although people had varied views about how the women’s game started in Ghana, she was happy that finally, the lines are falling in the right places.  

She was hopeful that the implementation of the strategy would entice many young ladies with potentials in football to yearn to nurture and develop their potentials for their own benefit and that of Ghana.

“I remember when I started women’s football, some parents would come and insult me for luring their children into a men’s game. But now they even want their children to come and play,” she added. 

“I believe that with this strategic plan, many talents will be honed and developed,” she added. 

Background

The GFA launched a four-year document on Tuesday, July 4, to properly structure women’s football and make it more vibrant.

The document, which was generated by the technical department of the association, is dovetailed into six strategic pillars to entail developing grassroots women’s football, teaching the sport to young girls and women to appreciate the value of the game, among others.