[contextly_sidebar id=”FnFXyYndTEwhhhMx9abkdwiUZhsLqsaM”]Several people, including businessman and sports administrator, Herbert Mensah have asked that a cue be taken from the recent investigations into the activities of the FIFA officials.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a momentous occasion and it\u2019s a time for us to start revisiting the extent to which we can hold accountable our own FA\u2019s and the people who run our FA\u2019s \u2026maybe this is the time,\u201d Herbert Mensah opined.<\/p>\n
However, Nyantakyi argued that the accounts of the GFA were made public knowledge once they had been audited by the Accountant General.<\/p>\n
He advised Mensah to go to Parliament to peruse the reports if he has any doubts about the GFA\u2019s finances.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he [Herbert Mensah] wants to know [about the GFA\u2019s accounts] he should go to Parliament. Those reports are sent to Parliament. When the Auditor General audits or accounts, they send copies to the Public Accounts Committee and when you send information to Parliament, it constitutes notice to all Ghana. So if any Ghanaian is in doubt, you can go there. Our accounts are audited by the Auditor General.”<\/p>\n \u2018Baseless\u2019 claims of corruption<\/strong><\/p>\n According to Nyantakyi, the calls for an investigation into the money allocated to the GFA by \u00a0FIFA were baseless and the result of a personal vendetta.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is nothing frightening or scary about an investigation. But every call for an investigation must have two things; there must be a factual basis and there must be a legal basis. The fact that you don\u2019t like somebody or the fact that you in your own mind think that there is something wrong with an organization does not constitute the basis for an investigation. Have they provided any justification for the call? I don\u2019t think there is any basis for that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Koku, learn your lessons<\/strong><\/p>\n Kwesi Nyanyakyi also criticized the\u00a0Deputy General Secretary\u00a0of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, who has been particularly vocal on the matter.<\/p>\n According to the GFA President, similar calls were made by Anyidoho in\u00a02010, leading to a raid on the GFA offices by EOCO which was eventually ruled unlawful, and should not be taken seriously.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was the same calls that were made in 2010 that led to the Economic and Organised Crime Office invading the offices of the GFA. When the matter was put to the test of law, it failed. There was no legal basis for it.<\/p>\n \u201cThe people, like Koku Anyidoho are who are calling for an investigation are the same ones who made the call in 2010. And I am surprised that he hasn\u2019t learnt any lessons from that and he is making the same calls at this time. Unfortunately there is no basis for it. We live in a country governed by rules and regulations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana![\"Herbert](\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/376574654_118459.jpeg\")
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