{"id":158360,"date":"2015-10-08T15:12:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T15:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=158360"},"modified":"2015-10-08T17:38:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T17:38:21","slug":"blatters-suspension-commendable-nyantakyi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/blatters-suspension-commendable-nyantakyi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blatter\u2019s suspension \u2018commendable\u2019 \u2013 Nyantakyi"},"content":{"rendered":"
President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, an avowed supporter of indicted Fifa President, Sepp Blatter, has hailed the organisation for provisionally suspending him.<\/p>\n
Mr. Nyantakyi says FIFA deserves commendation for provisionally suspending Sepp Blatter, Fifa General Secretary Jerome Valcke and UEFA President Michel Platini over allegations of impropriety.<\/p>\n
Members of Fifa\u2019s ethics committee met this week after the Swiss attorney general opened criminal proceedings against Blatter, 79, last month.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”53MZ7wPSLnpvhVnEV7lokitlqnSPwP5n”]He is accused of signing a contract \u201cunfavorable\u201d to football\u2019s governing body and making a \u201cdisloyal payment\u201d to Uefa president Michel Platini, 60.<\/p>\n
Swiss Blatter, who has run Fifa since 1998, and Platini, who wants to succeed him, deny any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n
In an exclusive interview with Citi News however, Kwesi Nyantakyi said the decision to suspend the three came to him as a shock.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big shock to all of us; I am surprised that these events like this are unfolding in Fifa\u00a0and it doesn\u2019t portend well for the image of the organization. But anything that happens happens for a good reason and so we have to welcome it and hope that if they are checking wrongdoing then the appropriate sanctions would have to be applied” he stated.<\/p>\n