Former Ghana Football Association Chairman, Alhaji Mohammed Nuru Deen (MND) Jawula, has passed on at the age of 74.
The veteran Ghanaian football administrator died in Nashville, United States.
He was the leader of Ghana’s football governing body from 1997 to 2001.
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.
We're saddened by the news of Lepowura MND Jawula’s death.
Alhaji was a Chairman of the GFA from 1997-2001.He also chaired the @MTNFACupGH & was Chairman of the @GhanaLeague Organizing Committee until his demise.
Our thoughts are with his family, friends and all who knew him. pic.twitter.com/urzb9dINE4
— Ghana Football Association (@ghanafaofficial) January 21, 2023
The Ministry of youth and sports has learnt with shock the death of the former Chairman of the Ghana Football Association, Alhaji Mohammed Nuru Deen Jawula.
The Ministry wishes to express its condolences to the bereaved family of the former football administrator. pic.twitter.com/xXEYYUYwhq
— Ministry of Youth & Sports-Gh (@moysgovgh) January 22, 2023
He last served as Chairman of the seven-member Ghana Premier League Management Committee from 2019.
Alhaji Jawula was also a board member of Real Tamale United and a CAF Interclub Committee Member.
Aside football, he was the Lepowura of the Kujolobite Gate of Lepo-Kpempe in the Northern Region.