ACCRA: Ghana has decided to dissolve its national football association a day after officials, including the body's president, were shown in a documentary taking kickbacks, Information Minister Mustapha Abdul-Hamid said on Thursday. The two-hour documentary, titled: “When Greed and Corruption Become the Norm’’, by undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, was provided to the authorities last month before being screened in public for the first time Wednesday. "After a meeting of the Executive Committee this afternoon I decided to resign as President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA)," he said in a statement. Nyantakyi, who has been GFA president since 2005 and was elected to the FIFA Council in September 2016, was filmed by an investigative journalist in a hotel room appearing to take a $65,000 bribe from a supposed businessman seeking to sponsor the Ghanaian football league. Abdul-Hamid said the expose sent chills down the spine of Ghanaians and that the government was “shocked and outraged” at the claims, which included referees apparently accepting bribes of at least $100 to throw matches. “Having regard to the widespread nature of the apparent rot involving top GFA officials, NSA (National Sports Authority) officials, match commissioners, football administrators and referees, Government has decided to take immediate steps to have the GFA dissolved,” he said.
Ghanian Minister of Information Mustapha Abdul-Hamid announces the decision to dissolve the Ghana Football Association following the publication of an exposé of the organisation by Anas Aremeyaw Anas.