The Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo was appointed by former President Johm Mahama in 2016 and his time in charge of the Ministry was marked by open disagreements with the Ghana Football Association (GFA).

While the GFA accused the Minister of ‘witch-hunting’ and trying to find faults with their deeds, he said he only wanted to ensure that there was transparency in the domain.

In line with that assertion, he recently stated in an interview on Atinka TV’s “Sports Court” that he refused to take sums of money he considered as bribes from several people since very often their origins were very unclear.

He said as quoted on Ghana Soccernet:

“It is not only Muntaka (Mubarak) but I know what led to the downfall of Rashid Pelpuo and several other ministers. “There were attempts made by GFA officials to bribe me but I was smarter than them. I rejected envelopes that were sent to me without a proper source. You have to ask why I never traveled with the national teams on their trips while I was in office. When a minister travels with the team, a lot of things happen.”

He went on to say: “I have been in this and I know. While on trip with the team, they will bring you an envelope full of money in dollars and you’ll not even be allowed to sign for it.”

“I will say some of the previous sports ministers were not so much on top of football issues and so they made some payments and approved budgets which were way off. It is not only Inusah Fuseini who planted a camera in his office. I also had a camera and I recorded all the suspicious meetings I had in my office.”

‘There are a lot of things that I have kept because I know that if I break my silence, it will not end well for Ghana football,” he added.

Nii Lante Vanderpuye was replaced by Isaac Asiamah in January 2017 when the New Patrotic Party came into office after winning the 2016 General Elections.

By: Citi Sports

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According to Akufo-Addo, the President has told the world that, Ghana is very peaceful, yet “in his cabinet, around the cabinet table at which he is presiding, are people who are to be instigated for violence – purveyors of violence, sitting around his cabinet table.”

“He doesn’t care. He doesn’t have the strength of character to reprimand them, and tell them to stop what they are doing. He is simply looking on unconcerned. Does this mean he endorses this kind of conduct?”

Akufo-Addo made the comment while campaigning at Hwidiem in the Asutifi South Constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region, on Thursday.

Akufo-Addo made the comment on the back of what he calls consistent attacks against NPP members in Asutifi South, allegedly being perpetrated by Collins Dauda, who also is the Member of Parliament for the area, as well as a recent assault on NPP members in the Odododiodioo Constituency, allegedly led by Nii Lante Vanderpuye.

Nana Akufo-Addo noted that, this kind of leadership, being displayed by President Mahama, is not the kind needed to move Ghana forward and return the country on the path of progress and prosperity.

“No one should see himself or herself above the law. We don’t want any trouble in Ghana. Those who think that violence, through the use of guns and machetes is the only path to which they can succeed, should have a good rethink, because it will not succeed, he added.”

The NPP Presidential Candidate further rebuked Collins Daudu for the attacks in the Asutifi South constituency.

“You [Collins Dauda] are contesting a woman, and you’re having to employ guns, harmful weapons and the use of macho men in order to win? It is a shame and a disgrace. What kind of a man are you then? You are employing all of these shameful tactics, not against a fellow man, but, against a woman. This is a disgrace. When such things happen, it means you have already lost,” he said.

Nana Akufo-Addo further urged the constituents to vote massively for the NPP in the upcoming polls on December 7.

“Until the ballots are cast and counted, we should not be complacent. If you want change, you have to go and vote for the change,” he charged.

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By: Godwin A. Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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