By Kwame Bediako
Anna Plange, the Acting Registrar of the Ghana Psychology Council, has announced that Kris Perquy, the newly appointed psychologist for the Black Stars, has not yet been registered as a licensed practitioner in the country. This revelation came during an exclusive interview with Citi Sports, highlighting a procedural oversight following Perquy’s recent appointment.
Perquy, a Belgian professional, brings valuable experience from his previous role with the Belgian Football Association, where he served as a psychologist. His appointment is part of a broader strategy by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to enhance the technical capabilities of the Black Stars. Alongside Perquy, notable changes have included the hiring of Winfried Schafer, a former AFCON winner with Cameroon, as the team’s Technical Advisor.
Plange emphasized the importance of adhering to legal requirements for foreign practitioners, stating, “As long as you are coming in the country to practice you are supposed to be registered and licensed by the Ghana Psychology Council.” She pointed out that the GFA should have initiated the licensing process before Perquy’s appointment to ensure compliance with national regulations.
Plange further expressed concern over the lack of communication from the GFA regarding this matter. “The right thing that has to be done or that should have been done was that the GFA was to contact us once their intention was to appoint him to get him to be licensed here because he was going to practice in Ghana,” she explained. “We haven’t heard anything like that from them and so we took a step to write officially to GFA to let them know that,this is what is supposed to be done. We have done that, we haven’t heard from them yet.”
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