PLB to release fixtures soon

The chairman of the Premier League Board (PLB), Ashford Tettey-Oku, says they are awaiting the green light from the Executive Committee (ExCo) of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to officially release the fixtures for upcoming league for the 2015/16 season scheduled to commence on February 20.

The ExCo’s endorsement, according to Mr Tettey-Oku, was in compliance with Article 68 of the GFA statute, which requires the ExCo members to scrutinise the fixtures once generated before giving their endorsement for subsequent release.

Speaking to the Daily Graphic on Tuesday, the newly-appointed PLB boss said they had already generated the fixtures with their computer software but the PLB would ensure they were released as soon as the ExCo members were satisfied with them.

He said the Club Licensing Board was expected to commence inspection of the various venues for the 16 Premier League clubs and the 48 Division One League (DOL) clubs, but warned that they would not hesitate to apply the rules on clubs that fell short of the requirement.

“We will notify all clubs by Friday about the intended inspection which comes off on Monday and we expect that they would meet the basic requirements to avoid any sanctions,” he said

The club venues are expected to meet certain basic requirements such as the presence of inner perimeter, changing rooms, adequate washroom facilities, among other basic things needed to be present in a stadium.