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6,000 Ghanaian footballers to be rendered unemployed
Renowned lawyer, Ntow Fianko says 6,000 Ghanaians will be jobless if the nation faces FIFA ban.
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Several Ghanaian clubs have broken camp after football activities in the country came to a halt over Anas expose’.
Government of Ghana is in court as it takes steps to dissolve the Ghana Football Association (GFA) over corruption, bribery, money laundering allegations.
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FIFA has issued a threat that government’s move to put all football activities on hold contravenes with its status that frowns on undue influence in football matters.
They have given Ghana an ultimatum of two weeks to withdraw the matter from the law court or face its sanction.
Kwame Ntow Fianko has cautioned government to take immediate measures to address the issue or else 6,000 footballers will lose their jobs should FIFA put Ghana on ice.
“I expected government to start the process of prosecuting individuals who were captured in the video receiving bribes and leave the Ghana Football Association as an institution. I think that is why FIFA has threatened to ban Ghana,” he told Ghana Crusader Radio.
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“FIFA has no issue with prosecuting individuals caught on camera in the expose’. Its problem is about the direct interference into football activities.
“Government needs to do the right thing, else about 6,000 Ghanaian footballers, will lose their jobs if Ghana suffer a ban from FIFA.”
Ghana run leagues from division three to Premier League and footballers are employed by clubs in these four divisions.
It would be recalled that multiple award winning journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas premiered an undercover investigation into Ghana football dubbed ‘Number 12’ on 6 June, 2018.
Several match and football officials caught on camera receiving monies suspected to be bribes, with the then president of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantakyi at the centre of the scandal.
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Nyantakyi was handed a 90-day ban by FIFA and he subsequently resigned from the FIFA, CAF and GFA.
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