We only knew about manipulation in Ghana football 8 month ago-GFA replies Anas
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has responded to allegations of match-fixing and bribery against some officials of the FA indicating that it is not new to them.
In a statement issued on the GFA website, it indicated it was aware of such shady deals and therefore wrote to world football governing body FIFA, to assist them with a roadmap in dealing with the menace and a recurrence.
According to the GFA, it only got wind of it eight months ago stating” we wish to put on record that eight months ago, we got evidence of some external influences seeking to manipulate matches in our various competitions”
Read the full text of statement below
#PRESS_RELEASE: GFA Statement on a documentary by Tiger Eye on alleged acts of Corruption
The Ghana Football Association (GFA)’s attention has been drawn to the airing of a documentary by Tiger Eye PI alleging acts of corruption by some match officials and senior officials of the federation.
The Gfa was not provided with an opportunity to watch the premiering of the documentary as it was neither provided with an advanced copy of the said documentary nor furnished with tickets by Tiger Eye PI to watch the airing.
Though the GFA did not commission Tiger Eye PI to undertake this exercise and have not been provided with the opportunity of watching the documentary, we view the allegations circulating in the media very seriously and would wish to take immediate steps to address them.
To this end we believe its only fair and proper that Tiger Eye furnishes us with the said documentary and hereby request Tiger Eye as a matter of urgency to furnish us with all the recorded material on this documentary to enable us forward it to the appropriate quarters for further investigations.
The GFA wishes to emphasise that it is an association incorporated under the laws of Ghana and as such governed by the laws of Ghana as well as its own Rules and Regulations. It is also affiliated to CAF and FIFA
The GFA wishes to place on record that, there will be no attempt of a cover-up or shield any of our members caught in alleged acts of corruption.
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