Prosper Harrison Addo is a Ghanaian lawyer, journalist, and football administrator. He has been the General Secretary of the

Ghana Football Association The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is the sports governing body, governing body of association football in Ghana, based in the capital city, Accra. Founded in 1957 to replace the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast Football Association whi ...

since 2020.

Education

Addo had his secondary education at the

Accra Academy Accra Academy is a Single-sex education, boys' high school located at Bubuashie near Kaneshie in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. It admits both boarding and day students. Founded as a private school in 1931, it gained the status of a Government ...

before proceeding to the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It is the oldest public university in the country. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the British colony of the Gold Coast ...

, where he studied Law and Economics for his undergraduate degree. Addo was a pioneering student volunteer for the then newly founded Radio Universe during his time at the university. He continued to the

Ghana School of Law The Ghana School of Law (GSL) is an educational institution in Ghana for training lawyers. The school is the only institution responsible for training for law graduates in the Professional Law Course (PLC) programme and the Post-Call Law Course. ...

, where he was called to the bar in 2000. He obtained his master's degree in Business Administration from the

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Career

As a football administrator, Addo has served the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in various capacities. He began as the Chairman of the association's Greater Accra regional Disciplinary Committee. He later became the chairman of the national Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association. He was a member of the

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Committee and also member of the GFA Legal Committee. Prior to his a appointment as General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association, Addo worked with

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as Commercial Legal Manager, and Senior Manager of Compliance. Addo is a member of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG), and an associate member of the Institute of Public Relations.

References

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