{"id":47114,"date":"2014-09-14T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T06:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=47114"},"modified":"2014-09-15T19:06:39","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T19:06:39","slug":"brazil-2014-saga-was-plain-thievery-casely-hayford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/brazil-2014-saga-was-plain-thievery-casely-hayford\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil 2014 saga was \u201cplain thievery\u201d \u2013 Casely-Hayford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Financial analyst, Sidney Casely-Hayford has described the revelations from the Commission of Inquiry set up to examine the issues<\/span><\/a><\/strong> <\/span>surrounding the participation of the Black Stars at the World Cup in Brazil, as thievery.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Casely-Hayford said he was aghast at the fact that \u201ccontracts which were signed and understandings which had been made\u201d had been changed in Brazil.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the it was revealed at the Commission by Horace Ankrah, who chaired the Grounds, Events and Logistics Sub-committee, that $35 per head was paid for cooking<\/span><\/a><\/strong> for each Ghanaian supporter in Brazil, despite agreeing an amount of GH\u00a234 with caterers.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”oKuf10ivHRFOH6d8jifTDa4ExJm5JNJ0″]The Sports Minister at the time, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, in response to the uproar over the revelation, explained on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/b> on Thursday, that it would have been unrealistic to feed the supporters with GH\u00a234 ($10) a day and released a statement to that effect.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

However, Mr. Casely-Hayford, speaking on The Big Issue <\/b>on Saturday, believes the whole process was a deliberate ploy by some people to siphon state funds.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that we should define this thing as thievery this is plain theft that happened. This is not incompetence. This, the way it is unraveling, is a deliberate attempt by a group of people to make as much money as they and from the Black Stars\u201d<\/p>\n

He questioned the amount of money spent on cooking for the supporters and the treatment of the caterers in Brazil.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho provides Kenkey and Sardine at $35 a day? That\u2019s over a GH\u00a2115 [at the current exchange rate], he queried.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cost of living in Brazil is lower than the cost of living in Ghana.<\/p>\n

And [The caterers] were asked to bring samples every time they came to talk to the Committee. If that isn\u2019t blatant corruption I don\u2019t know what is.\u201d he added. \u201cThat was totally unnecessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Casely-Hayford also pointed out inconsistencies in the reports of the issues with the flying of the supporters to watch the Black Stars matches.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you engage a proper company to fly your team, and there is a problem with the original flight, they have to provide another one because you have paid them.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow we have to find out if they paid them and in case they did, did we get value for money? If they didn\u2019t where did the money end up?<\/p>\n

He stated that he was convinced the whole process was a deliberate plan to siphon funds and not simply a matter of incompetence on the part of officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t hear Fred Darko Elvis taking responsibility.\u00a0I don\u2019t hear\u00a0Afriyie-Ankrah taking responsibility, I don\u2019t hear anyone else taking responsibility\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not a botched-up situation. It is a deliberate attempt to siphon money out of a particular project. It is a clear program to steal money\u201d, he opined.<\/p>\n

Several people involved with the Black Stars campaign in Brazil have already appeared before the Commission, with a few of them shedding tears while being questioned, including former Youth and Sports Minister Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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