[ 2015-11-26 ]

Kwesi Nyantakyi, GFA Boss

Transparency International denies Ghana FA is corrupt
Transparency International has dismissed reports
it reached a conclusion of the Ghana FA being a
corrupt organization in its recent research.

The reputation of the GFA took a massive hit
earlier this week with reports it has been cited
as a corrupt organization in the latest study of
the global anti-corruption.

Transparency International scored the GFA zero in
the areas of financial accounts, organizational
statutes, annual activity report and code of
ethics in the Football Governance League Table in
a study which involved 209 football federations
around the world.

This revelation was however interpreted widely in
sections of the Ghanaian media as a damning
conclusion on the credibility of the Ghana FA.

But the international body in an attempt to
clarify its position on its latest work, insists
it did not reach a conclusion of the GFA being
corrupt.

“I don’t think you can take this
information and conclude that an organization is
corrupt,” Rapid Response Manager of
Transparency International Deborah Unger said.

“Our point is that having such information
available will reduce risks of corruption and the
fact that you don’t have it doesn’t
mean you are corrupt.”

Several Ghana FA officials have criticized the
work of Transparency International as lacking
accuracy and filled with several inconsistencies.

The body for instance took into account the
availability of certain information on the
websites of the federations involved to reach its
conclusion.

But the GFA say the lack of some of these
information on their website for instance does not
mean the organization is corrupt especially as
they meet all obligations required of it by the
company code of Ghana to have its account audited.

Source - Ghanasoccer

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