Incumbent Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Christopher Matthias has been formally replaced at the helm of the federation after the world governing body FIFA officially began preparations to install a normalization committee to govern the affairs of the sport yesterday.
Matthias, in an invited comment said:“Any approach that FIFA takes with regards to the development Guyana’s football is welcome by me if indeed FIFA’s objective is the structured approach to the development of the game locally and constitutional reform as we had advanced.”
He added:”If the vision by FIFA is embraced by those who were fighting for power, then Guyana football will develop.”
Speaking at a press conference held at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel last evening, FIFA’s Head of Member Associations Primo Corvaro said due to the present situation facing the sport locally and the lack of quorum within the Matthias administration following two failed Congresses, the world body decided to create a normalization committee to run the affairs of the GFF.
“The lack of quorum paralyzed the GFF. We at FIFA and CONCACAF tried to fill the vacancies and find solutions