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Sports Minister to end 'nonsense' at the FA

"To me, the people at the GFA are not my enemies, they are my brothers in the same line of duty; they are also working in other to achieve a result and I am ready to cooperate with them" - Sports Minister
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The former Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), sports journalist, was given the mantle to head the Sports Ministry in February this year, and he has promised to change the way football is managed in this country.

He stopped the payment of honorarium to management members of the FA during Black Stars official matches.

It is alleged Hon. Nii Lantey Vanderpuije is 'witch-hunting' members of the football governing body, but he insist 'they are brothers' working for the interest of the country. However his interest is to end the wrongs in the association.

"In every institution you find yourself, not everyone is your friend or happy about your work, but you work to achieve a result," the former Weightlifting Federation president said in an interview with Joy FM.

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"To me, the people at the GFA are not my enemies, they are my brothers in the same line of duty; they are also working in other to achieve a result and I am ready to cooperate with them.

"But the thing about me is that what is wrong is wrong. I have seen so many things that are wrong: I have been in football long enough to know those things that are wrong, I have been in sports administration long enough to know those things that are wrong.

"And sitting back and analysing the situation over the period, it is now opportunity for me as a Ghanaian to have been blessed with this opportunity to say 'this nonsense must stop'," he stated.

Nii Lantey Vanderpuije replaced Dr. Mustapha Ahmed during the reshuffle of responsibilities in government positions in February.

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