I really should have charged the Ghana FA extra for my solutions

Athletics News of Friday, 4 September 2020

Source: thefinderonline.com

2020-09-04

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Lawyer Naa Odofoley Nortey, the lady who masterminded a landmark victory for the Ghana Soccer Association in their situation with Wilfred Kwaku Osei Palmer has mentioned, with the profit of hindsight she ought to have billed extra for her provider to the affiliation.

Naa Odofoley was the direct attorney for the FA soon after the Tema Youth operator dragged the association to courtroom next his disqualification from the 2019 GFA Elections just after he was accused of breaching some moral codes in the FA’s statutes.

Odofoley was a member of the now-defunct GFA Normalisation Committee which also acted as the Elections Committee all through the 2019 elections.

Immediately after her task on the NC was performed, she was hired as a non-public authorized practitioner to argue in favour of the GFA in the CAS circumstance.

Immediately after 11 months of authorized battle, CAS dominated that the Vetting Committee set up by the Normalisation Committee was correct to disqualify Mr Osei Palmer from the race because of to his failure to move an integrity examination.

That victory signifies the GFA President Kurt Okraku who won very last year’s elections will remain on right until the close of his tenure.

Soon after preserving the FA from an election re-run in the party of a Palmer victory, Naa Odofoley states she need to have been paid extra for her function.

Talking on Angel FM she reported “on hindsight, I must have charged much more, particularly mainly because I didn’t think about all the insults and attacks on my human being and firm. I billed for the lawful do the job but the stray bullets were being never regarded as,” she mentioned.

Irrespective of failing to mention how a lot she was paid for her function, she stated: “I understood the condition of the GFA finances at the time due to the fact I was there and I wasn’t about to maintain them to ransom when they experienced actually just walked in.”

In the meantime, even with the vicious assaults and sexists attacks she suffered, Naa Odofoley states she has no regret in excess of her choice to serve on the Normalisation Committee.

For the duration of the almost a person-calendar year period of time of the committee, Odofoley was constantly dragged by some soccer administrators who overtly expressed their misgivings with her mindset.

At first, her competence was questioned as some suggested that her existence on the committee was owing to her romantic relationship with specific figures inside of the govt.

The 2nd section of the assaults noticed her and other committee users being under siege for allegedly pocketing masses of funds from FIFA.

Some critics alleged that the NC was unwilling to comprehensive their work since of the positive aspects they were being making the most of from the offer.

But as stated in an earlier job interview Odofoley states the $4,000 regular allowance was peanut.

The lawyer with about seventeen several years of encounter says she missing out on some main deals for the reason that of her determination to Ghana soccer.

“It was extremely humorous individuals felt we had been dragging. I was in a hurry to meet the following authorized 12 months and start. I had previously skipped one particular 12 months and I had purchasers who have been threatening to take their circumstances somewhere else. It is community awareness that I was paid $4,000 a month.”

For an individual who endured all these attacks, you would suppose that Odofoley would have some regrets for putting her legislation profession on maintain to enable produce Ghana soccer from the shackles of the Range12 documentary but that is not the case.

Odofoley states the expertise has been worthwhile.

“I really don’t regret serving on the Normalization Committee inspite of the challenges. Despite the baptism of hearth and almost everything, I have not regretted one particular bit, It has been a helpful exercising and I have achieved some amazing individuals. I have learnt a good deal about human mother nature and bettered myself.”