Ghanaian football enthusiasts who were harbouring hopes that the recommendations in the White Paper, released after a probe into the issues that marred the appearance of men’s national football team at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will be implemented, have been dealt a massive blow.
President Akufo Addo has revealed that the white paper produced from the evidence gathered by the Dzamefe Commission to serve as a roadmap for the administration of football in the country has been forgotten and is not one of his major worries.
The 2014 White Paper was generated following a commission of enquiry which was set up by former President John Mahama to investigate Ghana’s disastrous Brazil 2014 World Cup Campaign.
As part of its work, the Presidential Commission headed by Justice Senyo Dzamefe uncovered a number of issues, including several cases of alleged embezzlement of state funds as well as the reason behind the infamous airlifting of 3 million dollars to pay Black Stars players.
According to the President, the White Paper hasn’t come before him since he assumed office.
He, however, stated his belief that the Sports Minister would brief him on the report and the recommendations which were made in due course.
“Am I interested in the 2014 white paper? On these matters, truth is usually the best answer. To be honest, I’ve forgottten about the 2014 White Paper. But I have no doubt that my Minister of Sports is fully up to it and will advise in due course what should be the reaction of me and the government to it. But it has not been something that has been very much on my radar, he said.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports has however failed to make any concrete statement on the implementation of the White paper in their one year in charge.
Source: citifmonline.com
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you make me feel high and time you down ma spirit. mr right ring prez, stop praising the corrupt sports minister and the GFA ok, you will fail like your asamoah gyan, asiama and nantakyie. if you too a man, allow amidu to call nyantakyie and asiamah thee we wil see you have balls. stop bringing ma spirit down bcx i know and had followed you since 1992 and you had always gotten ma thumb since 2008. if you continue on this corrupt shielding path, i will vote against you, i always like honest ppl ok, dont allow yantakyie to fo.ol you, enough of the praises, if he and asamoah gave something towards the election, i af=gree bcx we needed money to match mahama but its better you remain silent know the corrup and weak in form but still leading the black stars by both nyantakyie and asamoah gyan respectively, mr prez, dont disappoint me. though i need ya economic policies, i more need you punish the CORRUPT official rather. if we contact fifa to know how much nyantakyie has stollen from ghana, you wil even ignore mahama and his appointeees, for this one de3, you dont win ma heart koraa, better stay away from the GFA or punish them rather to praising them