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Leanier Addy

Ghanaian sports executive

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About Leanier Addy

Leanier Addy was a Ghanaian sports executive.

Leanier Afiyea-Obo Addy She also served on the Ghana Football Association Executive Committee, making her the first female to do so.

Career Addy served as the Chairperson of the Ghana Women's League Board. She also served as the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Executive Committee Member for eight years. She was first voted unto the executive committee in 2010 after pulling five votes from the total ballot cast of eight, to win the sole slot via the Constituent Bodies on the executive committee. She beat off competition from Habiba Atta Forson who pulled two votes and Sylvester Twintoh Mensah who also had one vote. That made her the first female to serve on the executive committee. In 2015, she was reelected unto the committee via the Constituent Bodies slot for another 4-year term. She pulled 6 votes to beat Habiba Atta Forson again who got 2 out of a total of 8 votes cast.

The Constituent bodies were Women's Football, the Referees’ Association of Ghana, the Security Services, School and Colleges, Coaches Association, Players, Juvenile Football and University Sports. In 2017, she showed interest in standing for the GFA President role after Kwesi Nyantakyi declared that he would not running in the next elections in 2019. She also served the chairperson of the Black Queens, the Ghana women's national football team and was a member of the local organizing committee of the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations which was held in Ghana.

Controversies In June 2018, Addy was involved in a corruption controversy, after she was caught on camera during the premiering of the Number 12: When Greed and Corruption Become the Norm an undercover investigation documentary by Anas Aremeyaw Anas taking an amount of Gh¢ 300 to supposedly manipulate an MTN FA Cup match between Accra Hearts of Oak and second-tier side Kotoku Royals. The incident happened in 2017, when a Tiger Eye P. I. agent posed himself as a team official and offered her the money when allegedly discharging her duties as a Match Commissioner. Later on 21 May 2017, Hearts of Oak managed to beat Kotoku Royals by 4–0 which helped them to progress to the quarters of the MTN FA Cup.

After the allegations, the GFA was dissolved, automatically causing her to lose her roles on any GFA related board or committee.

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Important facts

Born
Ghana
Occupation
Nationality
Employers
Ghana Women's Football League, Ghana Football Association
Also known as
Linear Addy, Leanier Afiyea-Obo Addy

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Who was Leanier Addy?

Ghanaian sports executive

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Leanier Addy was born in Ghana.

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Leanier Addy was a sports executive.

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Leanier Addy was Ghanaian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Leanier Addy

· Wikidata: Q52890525

· DBpedia: Leanier Addy

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