{"id":8345,"date":"2018-06-07T16:48:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T15:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=8345"},"modified":"2018-06-07T16:48:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T15:48:03","slug":"parliament-to-probe-gfa-after-number12-revelations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=8345","title":{"rendered":"Parliament to probe GFA after #Number12 revelations"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8234\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8234\" src=\"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Prof-Mike-Oquaye.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Prof-Mike-Oquaye.jpg 518w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Prof-Mike-Oquaye-410x261.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Parliament will set up a select committee to investigate the corruption at the Ghana Football Association (GFA) uncovered by\u00a0investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.<\/p>\n<p>The Bodi MP, Sampson Ahi, proposed an investigative committee on the floor of the House.<\/p>\n<p>But the\u00a0official motion was filed by the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, and seconded by Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu.<\/p>\n<p>The members of the committee will be decided on tomorrow [Friday].<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye, stressed that \u201cParliament has the power to make laws to regulate professional, trade and business organisations\u2026 for that matter, we are entitled to\u00a0look into that matter and come to a conclusion one way or the other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The extent of corruption in the Anas\u2019 documentary has left Ghanaians stunned.<\/p>\n<p>Several high ranking members in the GFA, including its President Kwesi Nyantakyi, have been implicated in acts of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Many Ghanaian FA officials and referees were caught in\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/05\/29\/number12-anas-uncovers-match-fixing-between-local-teams\/\">match-fixing deals<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Top football administrators were also seen taking money to give footballers call-ups to the national\u00a0team and more playing time.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Eddie Doku, the Greater Accra Regional FA boss, has been caught on\u00a0tape taking a bribe\u00a0to influence game times for a player in the Black Stars Team B.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MP involvement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two legislators;\u00a0Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong and Lawra MP, Anthony Karbo, were also seriously tainted by the revelations.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Kwesi Nyantakyi alleged that Anthony Karbo was his middleman to get potential investors to the presidency.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TboTYfdKpzI\" width=\"777\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Karbo, also the Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways was\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/05\/28\/cid-interrogates-karbo-over-anas-video\/\">invited by the CID<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and interrogated on Monday, May 28, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>There is also the suggestion from Anthony Karbo that Kennedy Agyapong was given control of the Ministry of Transport as a reward.<\/p>\n<p>This is because of the controversial MP\u2019s campaign contributions to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).<\/p>\n<p>Kwesi Nyantakyi is also heard telling undercover reporters that the Transport Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, was the Assin Central MP\u2019s pick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, he [Karbo] mentioned that they wanted to make him [Kennedy Agyapong] a minister because of the contribution he made to the campaign. [Kennedy Agyapong] says he cannot be a minister because he is not a disciplined person to be a minister.But they [the government] gave him a ministry. They created a ministry and gave it to him and he nominated somebody as the minister. Yes, Ministry of Transport.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_408904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-408904 disappear mom_appear\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Nii-Lante-Vanderpuye.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Nii-Lante-Vanderpuye.jpg 640w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Nii-Lante-Vanderpuye-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Nii-Lante-Vanderpuye-765x510.jpg 765w\" alt=\"\" width=\"814\" height=\"542\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nii Lante Vanderpuye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following\u00a0these revelations, longtime critic of the GFA and Odododiodio MP, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye called for the\u00a0government to dissolve the entire hierarchy of the GFA.<\/p>\n<p>He views this as\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/06\/07\/government-must-dissolve-the-gfa-immediately-nii-lante-vanderpuye\/\">the only solution<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0following the rot uncovered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government must dissolve the GFA with immediate effect and face the consequences from FIFA\u2026 it is the only thing that will save Ghana Football. Nigeria did it, and today they are reaping the benefits. They incurred a six-month ban for it, but today they are in the World Cup,\u201d\u00a0Nii Lantey Vanderpuye said on the\u00a0Citi Breakfast Show.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: Citinewsroom.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parliament will set up a select committee to investigate the corruption at the Ghana Football Association (GFA) uncovered by\u00a0investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas. The Bodi MP, Sampson Ahi, proposed an investigative committee on the floor of the House. But the\u00a0official motion was filed by the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, and seconded by Majority Leader, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Parliament to probe GFA after #Number12 revelations - Kumasi Online TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=8345\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parliament to probe GFA after #Number12 revelations - Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Parliament will set up a select committee to investigate the corruption at the Ghana Football Association (GFA) uncovered by\u00a0investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas. 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