Frederick Acheampong calls on Berekum clubs to make good use of Referees Complaint Forms

Executive Council member of the Ghana Football Association – Frederick Acheampong – has encouraged clubs in the Brong Ahafo Region to cultivate the habit of officially reporting clubs to the FA for bad officiating by using the referees complaint form.

To him, it’s one of the major strategies to help weep off the bad referees from the system.

The former AshGold CEO was addressing concerns of the fans of Berekum Chelsea and Arsenal during the review visit of the Ghana FA President in the Brong Ahafo Region on Tuesday.

The ExCo member urged the clubs to make judicious use of the referees complaint forms in reporting bad calls by the officials to help improve the system.

Referencing about 15 referees who are suffering various degrees of bans as a result of decision from the Review Committee of the FA following bad calls, Acheampong encouraged the clubs to keep reporting dubious officials.

Responding to comments on officiating by some of the fans of the two vociferous clubs in Berekum, Acheampong argued that the FA is seriously not given up in the fight against bad officiating to ensure fairness.

“Every club has access to the referees complaint forms so we must make good use of it,” he urged.

“Currently, 15 referees are suffering various degrees of bans and some will not even officiate again till the end of the season due some controversially decisions they took.

“These are all attempts by the FA to weed out the bad officials from the system and to retain the good ones.

“So let’s not relent in our efforts to help the FA in sanitizing the system by making proper use of the referees complaint form,” he added.

The Ghana FA is on a one-week review tour of the Brong Ahafo, Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions interacting with club officials and supporters on some of their challenges in the first half of the season.