The Ghana Soccer Association (GFA) has sued journalist Muftawu Nabila Abdulai and Multimedia Community Restricted over reports alleging financial misconduct in the Association’s bus procurement deal, GHANAsoccernet.com Headquarters can chronicle.
The lawsuit, filed on the High Courtroom in Accra, accuses the journalist and his media company of publishing incorrect and defamatory statements which have tarnished the recognition of the country’s football governing body.
The case stems from reports printed on MyJoyOnline.com and aired on Joy Recordsdata and Joy FM on March 4, 2025. The reports claimed that the GFA awarded a GHâµ5.1 million contract to Freightgistics Ghana Company Ltd to safe the nine Hyundai County buses.
The reports extra alleged that the Soccer Association used FIFA Forward money to safe the buses for the clubs through sole sourcing and alleging procurement breaches.
It used to be also alleged that the Ghana Soccer Association altered the Automobile Identification Quantity (VIN), better is known as Chassis number, to deceive revenue authorities.
In a notice-up chronicle on March 10, 2025, the GFA used to be also accused of importing 40 mattresses in surely one of many containers that delivered the buses, extra fueling allegations of questionable procurement practices. The reports urged that the aquire violated FIFA’s procurement laws, which require birth and competitive bidding for contracts exceeding $50,000.
As fragment of its lawsuit, the GFA is worrying quite a bit of remedies from the courtroom:
A elephantine and unreserved public retraction of all defamatory statements.
A transparent and unequivocal apology to be aired on Joy FM and Joy Recordsdata Television, printed on MyJoyOnline.com, and shared across Multimedia Community’s social media platforms.
A perpetual injunction struggling with the defendants from making extra defamatory statements about the association.
Long-established damages of GHâµ20 million for reputational damage.
Exemplary damages for what the GFA describes as reckless and malicious newsletter.
Exact charges and diversified prices incurred as a outcomes of the lawsuit.
The GFA argues that the reports have brought about fundamental damage to its credibility, both domestically and internationally, as football stakeholders, clubs, sponsors, and governing bodies equivalent to FIFA and CAF have raised considerations. The association says it has been compelled to acknowledge to inquiries and account for its position attributable to the fashioned impression of the allegations.
Multimedia Community and Muftawu Nabila have but to acknowledge publicly to the lawsuit.
