According to the President, the decision was taken after due consultations with the Ghana Football Association.

“Fellow Ghanaians, with respect to football, after due consultations with the Ghana Football Association, it has been decided that the Ghana Premier League and the Division One Football League will restart on Friday, 30th October, with a full regime of testing of the players, technical and management staff,” He said.

In response, Dr. Baba, in an interview on Kumasi FM monitored by Talksafrica.com cast doubt on the October 30 restart date.

He believes that the return date does not give the various clubs in the country enough time to prepare after a long absence.

“It is impossible to start the league in October from my point of view. If the government said go ahead, you can start but we cannot start in October,” he said

”There’s no team that can tell you that it has started preparation. We need a minimum of four to six weeks for the clubs, they need to purchase new players and start pre-season training which cannot be done in three weeks.

“Practically, we give ourselves four to six weeks from the time we’ve been asked to start so the earliest we might start in November.”

Paa Kweku Eshun Talksafrica.com