Kwesi Nyantakyi, the President of the Ghana Football Association says the body’s aim of becoming financially self-dependent is some two years away.

Latest figures reveal the FA is closing in on reaching that target.

The Ghana Football Association operates as an independent body with some support from government in the area of funding for salaries of coaches and national team travels.

However, the FA President is hopeful that the football body would attain its target of having an $8 million budgetary support for its operations annually by 2010.

“We are on the road to reaching that target.

"The premiership is now valued at $2 million after introducing a valuation system. And we would keep on reviewing it every time to make sure we really maximise the full value of the league.

“The Ghana Football Association would be self sufficient by 2010. At this stage, we would be able to really implement all our plans and get our operations moving.

In the last three years, improved management practices and performances has seen sponsorship for Ghana Football soar to great heights with packages from Gold Fields Ghana – a mining firm, MTN, Guinness Ghana, CCTC – a rice trading company and OneTouch – league sponsors.

Despite the improved cash injection, the Ghana Football Association has still not attained its objectives as contained in the body’s 4-year Business and Development Plan.

And Kwesi Nyantakyi remains aware of the task of keeping on with the good works started and rates the FA’s performance.

“It’s a difficult situation here in Ghana. But, we have still got to keep on working to ensure that football reaches that stage where we would be self sufficient.

“At that stage, there would be a well structured national juvenile league, women’s football league and an improved division one league.

“We have scored a B+ not an A because we have not achieved all our targets.”