General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association, Lawyer Prosper Harrison Addo has reiterated with confidence that, officiating has really improved massively in the Ghana Premier League this season despite still getting series of complains from some clubs.
The 2022/23 Ghana Premier League campaign is on the verge of coming to an end with just four matches to play and the winner still yet to be determined.
Reigning champions Asante Kotoko just recently complained bitterly about poor officiating affecting their performance with CEO Nana Yaw Amponsah affirming their inability to likely not to defend the title to this same issue.
Newbies Kotoku Royals have been relegated and have also equally attributed their eviction from the topflight to bad refereeing.
However, Harrison Addo sees a different thing as he failed to side with the two clubs and believes officiating this season has seen a massive improvement and added is because the warfare of the center-men have been well-taken care of this season as compared to previous years.
"No doubt, refereeing has improved this season. When good things happen in certain areas people keep mute about it but people rush to spread the news when one negative story pops out."
“We’ve played a lot of matches that has been calm but once a while a small issue comes up which is debatable. We have process one goes through when they have issues with referees’ performances one can complain to."
“A lot of money is being pumped into refereeing. In the past, referees used to complain about salary arrears but this year that has been a thing of the past. Some referees want us to pay them immediately after they are done with a game. Some of them they want us to accumulate their salary. So we often talk to them, they are referees belonging to the FA so we train them with refresher courses, provided gadgets for them to communicate with during the match which has improved a lot of things."
