DCOP Lydia Donkor has pledged that security measures at match venues will be “standardized” as part of measures to halt hooliganism.
Her remarks follow the stabbing to death of Asante Kotoko supporter Francis Frimpong, popularly known as Nana Pooley, during the Porcupine Warriors’ Matchday 19 game against Nsoatreman FC in Nsoatre.
The fatal incident led to the suspension of the Matchday 20 games of the Ghanaian topflight as part of the measures to bring an end to such acts.
Since then, Asante Kotoko has also withdrawn from the competition “until justice is served.”
“We are looking into all of these things [concerns at various stadia], and hopefully, going forward, things are going to be more standardized,” DCOP Lydia, who is the chairperson of the security committee of the GFA, told Joy Sports.
“In our football space, we do not have stewards as a standard form of security, adding to what the police are doing.
“We are looking at that, encouraging clubs and all of the people involved in football to start formalizing and looking at the issue of stewards so that those numbers complement what the police provide.”
The resumption date for the Premier League is yet to be communicated by the country’s football governing body.
Meanwhile, six arrests have been made, including Nsoatreman FC bankroller Ignatius Baffour-Awuah.
