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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, says Ghana’s football continues and will continue to suffer due to the non-involvement of former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi.
According to him, the influence of Mr Nyantakyi who was implicated in a bribery scandal was good for Ghana football.
An investigative by undercover journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas in June 2018, brought to an end Kwesi Nyantakyi’s reign as GFA President.
The video captured the astute football administrator taking $65,000 in cash for investment opportunities in Ghanaian football.
FIFA subsequently handed him a life ban after the documentary.
In a speech on Monday, April 4, 2022, after swearing in newly elected executives of the Parliamentary Press Corps, Mr Bagbin said “when we were able to bring down Kwesi Nyantakyi, we also brought down Ghana football. That is one of the brightest spots at FIFA.”
He also added that during a meeting with some FIFA Executives, they questioned why that was done to Mr Nyantakyi who was the First Vice President of CAF and a FIFA Council member.
“When I met the Executives of FIFA and said I was the Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana, they said what happened? Why did you people do that?”
“The value that he carried at their meetings. He was highly respected, he was very influential and Ghana football was up there. We thought we were handling Nyantakyi, but we didn’t know we were handling the whole of Ghana,” he added.
He said now, “people are calling for the government to forgive Nyantakyi and bring him back to assist.”
The new leaders of the parliamentary press corps are; Simon Agianab – Dean, Stephen Odoi-Larbi – Vice Dean, Kwaku Sakyi-Danso – Secretary, Francis Ekow Annan – Vice Secretary, Ibrahim Alhassan – Organiser, Yesmeen Abubakar Tetteh – Treasurer, and Deborah Dzivenu – Executive Member.
