Former Ghana Football Association Chairman, Alhaji MND Jawula, has passed on at the age of 74.
The veteran Ghanaian football administrator died in Nashville, United States where he was receiving medical attention.
Jawula was president of Ghana’s football governing body from 1997 to 2001.
He was a former Board chairman of Premier League side RTU and served on the continent as CAF Interclub Committee Member.
Before his rise to the top of Ghana football administration, Alhaji Jawula was chairman of the 1995 Black Starlets team that won the World Cup in Ecuador.
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Jawula holds a degree in English and Economics from the University of Cape Coast and a Masters degree in African literature from the University of Ghana, Legon.
He later entered the public service after briefly teaching at his high school, Tamale Secondary School. He served as district chief executive in several districts in the three northern regions.
He visited Canada in 1989 as a fellow at the University of Carlton in Ottawa. Upon his return, he served in various ministries, including the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Harbours and Railways, and the Ministry of Finance as an administrator and Chief Director before retiring.
He last served as Chairman of the seven-member Ghana Premier League Management Committee in 2019.
Aside from football, he was the Lepowura of the Kujolobite Gate of Lepo-Kpempe in the Northern Region.
