A former Presidential staffer, Dr Michael Kpessa Whyte has criticized Parliaments’ decision to set up a committee to investigate the conduct of the Ghana Football Association.
The House has constituted a seven-member committee to probe the corruption scandal that has rocked Ghana football after an exposé by investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
Speaking on Breakfast Daily on Citi TV, Dr Kpessa Whyte said competent state institutions already exist to investigate matters of this nature.
“This is the way I summed it up when I heard the news yesterday [Thursday] of Parliament thinking of investigating, Anas’ news investigation. It doesn’t make any sense to me. Not too long ago, Parliament passed a new law that established the Special Prosecutor and given powers to deal with alleged cases of corruption.”
On Thursday, a Pressure group, Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) demanded an independent judicial probe into the revelations of corruption contained in Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ latest expose, Number 12.
ASEPA after watching the screening of the video yesterday said the only the Office of the Special Prosecutor could probe and punish the rot in the country’s football administration.
Anas’ #Number12 documentary exposé roped in political figures, referees and officials of both the GFA and the National Sports Authority.
Some high profile figures who were named by GFA boss Nyantakyi including President Nana Akufo-Addo, Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Deputy Roads Minister, Anthony Karbo, and MP for Assin Central and Anas’ biggest critic over the last few days, Kennedy Agyapong.
In the video, Nyantakyi was seen interacting with some persons, he thought were investors, and demanded from them several sums of money as an alleged bribe to be given to those political figures and himself to facilitate the deal.
Other acts captured in #Number12
- Gov’t ‘rewarded’ Ken Agyapong with control of Transport Ministry
- Kwesi Nyantakyi’s grand plan to take over Ghana
- How Samuel Sukah took GHc 2000 to rig Hearts vs Kotoko
- Referee Liman took the bribe to fix a game in favour of Hearts but switched
- How Eddie Doku took a bribe to get Patrick Razak WAFU Cup minutes
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By: Farida Yusif/citinewroom.com/Ghana
