Board chairman of Accra Hearts of Oak Togbe Afede XIV, has said the remedy to the persisting problems of his outfit is not the recruitment of a Chief Executive Officer.
Accra Hearts of Oaks have been without a substantive Chief Executive Officer this season, which has led football enthusiasts to ascribe it to their problems but Togbe Afede XIV believes the club had problems even when it had a CEO.
“We had a CEO and yet mistakes were made in the employment of a coach and the recruitment of players so the answer to Hearts’ problems is not the recruitment of a new CEO” he told Sunyani based Moonlite FM.
According to him, “there is noting that a CEO should do that we not doing-I commit a lot of time to Accra Hearts of Oaks, I attend 90% of Hearts’ matches, and I meet the coach after every match”
He added that, “what we are trying to do is to lay down the structures before a new Chief Executive Officer will be appointed.
“We are laying down the right administrative, marketing and promotion structures; you can see that Hearts News has improved a lot.
“We are also trying to improving Hearts’ website and we now have in addition a Facebook and a Twitter account, all these are attempt to reorganize the club to be business, marketing, and fan oriented”
He revealed that, “We are putting right structures in place technically to ensure that future recruitment will be a success.
“Gone should be the days management members and directors own players-go back to records and determine for yourself the last time Hearts sold a player and made money out of it but young clubs like Berekum Chelsea and Aduana Stars are doing it.
“We are trying to stamp out conflict of interest to ensure that the best interests of Accra Hearts of Oaks are promoted in the recruitment of players.”
Credit: Shiva Oppong Banahene | Ghana
