This is beyond shame for Ghana football and the various dedicated Ghanaian footballers. It seems football politics is not the only disease killing football in Ghana—as high ranking Ghana Football Association officials including the president have been caught on camera by investigators as being involved in matching fixing, the Telegraph claims.
The corruption is everywhere in Ghana—and the many years of alleged football corruption in Ghana has been exposed. This is just a tiny bit of what the many corrupt officials in charge of affairs in Ghana do…
Read below for the full report via UK’s Telegraph;
Ghana has been exposed as agreeing to take part in international football matches organised by match fixers.
An undercover investigation by The Telegraph and Channel 4’s Dispatches programme found that the President of Ghana’s Football Association agreed for the team to play in international matches that others were prepared to rig.
The team is currently competing in the World Cup finals in Brazil, and on Saturday pulled off a 2-2 draw against Germany, in what was seen as one of the most entertaining games of the tournament so far.
However, it can now be revealed that the African team had been lined up to play in international fixtures whose results would be fixed by corrupted officials.
The Telegraph and Channel 4’s Dispatches launched a six-month investigation into match-fixing after receiving information that some football associations were working with criminal gangs looking to rig scores in international games.
Reporters from The Telegraph and a former Fifa investigator claimed they represented an investment company that wanted to “sponsor” games. Christopher Forsythe, a registered Fifa agent, along with Obed Nketiah, a senior figure in the Ghanaian FA, boasted that they could employ corrupt officials who would rig matches played by Ghana.
The president of the country’s football association then met the undercover reporter and investigator, along with Mr Forsythe and Mr Nketiah, and agreed a contract which would see the team play in the rigged matches, in return for payment.