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GFA will be accountable to Ghanaians – John Mahama

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GFA can be to blame to Ghanaians - John Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed his commitment to guaranteeing accountability in the management of Ghana’s national football groups, signaling an finish to secrecy surrounding expenditure.

Speaking for the length of Thursday’s Dispute of the Nation Cope with, Mahama made it clear that the Ghana Football Affiliation (GFA) ought to be held to blame for its financial choices earlier than the Dusky Stars’ upcoming World Cup qualifiers.

“Subsequent month, the senior national crew, the Dusky Stars, which is now a light shadow of its former glory, will play two World Cup qualifying suits,” he acknowledged.

“I in actuality maintain instructed my office and the Minister for Sports actions and Game to retain the Ghana Football Affiliation to blame to the other folks of Ghana as we put together for these games, critically referring to the budget of the GFA,” he added.

This marks the 2d time in three weeks that President Mahama has spoken about GFA accountability, having first addressed the sing for the length of the swearing-in of Sports actions and Game Minister Kofi Adams on February 7, 2025.

“There can be no secrecy in how much the executive spends on the national groups. The budgets presented by the FA and diverse sports associations ought to be identified by the general public. After all, it’s taxpayers’ funds which are aged to fund these actions,” Mahama stated.

His remarks signify the most fundamental time a sitting executive has brazenly antagonistic the long-standing lack of transparency in national crew expenditure.

In 2019, then-Sports actions Minister Isaac Asiamah refused to present a detailed breakdown of Ghana’s AFCON 2019 budget. His successor, Mustapha Ussif, adopted a same pattern, withholding explicit crucial capabilities on spending for AFCON 2021 in Cameroon and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the build he claimed Ghana spent $5 million whereas saving $3 million.

At AFCON 2023 in Ivory Soar, Ussif over again offered that Ghana spent over $3 million whereas saving $2 million nonetheless failed to present a detailed expenditure bellow.

Ghana will play Chad in Accra on March 21 sooner than going thru Madagascar in Morocco on March 24, 2025, as the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers resume.

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