The former GFA Vice President has revealed that he adviced the disgraced GFA boss to relinquish his position to save his dignity.
I adviced Kwesi Nyantakyi to step down to avoid disgrace: George Afriyie
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Kwesi Nyantakyi and several football and match officials were caught on camera receiving monies suspected to be bribe in the latest investigative piece by award winning journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas dubbed ‘Number 12’.
Kwesi Nyantakyi who served for a period of 13 years as president of GFA following the scandal was handed a 90-day ban by FIFA and he had to resign from GFA, WAFU, CAF and FIFA.
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George Afriyie, the last vice president to serve in the Kwesi Nyantakyi regime has indicated that he adviced his former boss to relinquish his position, but he didn’t listen.
"I felt he [Kwesi Nyantakyi] had to move on, so I told him to leave the position to protect his legacy in Ghana Football," he is quoted by Kumasi-based Oyerepa FM.
"Fourteen years in office as Ghana Football Association was enough for him to have moved on for a new person to take over.
"I have heard some people who were telling him to be in office for 18 years on other platforms that they will vie for the GFA presidency position."
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Afriyie,who is a director at Liberty Professionals, fell out with the former FIFA Council member after he was sacked, just days before the airing of the investigative piece.
Kwesi Nyantakyi is currently serving a lifetime ban from the world football governing body.
