GFA requests copy of #Number12 documentary from Anas
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has asked Tiger Eye PI, the
investigative agency of journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas to provide them
with a copy of his #Number12 documentary which exposes alleged acts of
corruption in Ghana football.
According to the GFA, Anas did not provide them with an opportunity
to watch the premiering of the documentary as it was neither provided
with an advanced copy of the said documentary nor furnished with tickets
by Tiger Eye PI to watch the airing.
The GFA in a statement assured that there will be no attempt of a
cover-up or shield any of our members caught in alleged acts of
corruption.
Read the entire statement below;
PRESS RELEASE: GFA STATEMENT ON DOCUMENTARY BY TIGER EYE ON ALLEGED ACTS OF CORRUPTION
The Ghana Football Association (GFA)’s attention has been drawn to
the airing of a documentary by Tiger Eye PI alleging acts of corruption
by some match officials and senior officials of the federation.
The Gfa was not provided with an opportunity to watch the premiering
of the documentary as it was neither provided with an advanced copy of
the said documentary nor furnished with tickets by Tiger Eye PI to watch
the airing.
Though the GFA did not commission Tiger Eye PI to undertake this
exercise and have not been provided with the opportunity of watching the
documentary, we view the allegations circulating in the media very
seriously and would wish to take immediate steps to address them.
To this end we believe its only fair and proper that Tiger Eye
furnishes us with the said documentary and hereby request Tiger Eye as a
matter of urgency to furnish us with all the recorded material on this
documentary to enable us forward it to the appropriate quarters for
further investigations.
The GFA wishes to emphasise that it is an association incorporated
under the laws of Ghana and as such governed by the laws of Ghana as
well as its own Rules and Regulations. It is also affiliated to CAF and
FIFA
The GFA wishes to place on record that, there will be no attempt of a
cover-up or shield any of our members caught in alleged acts of
corruption.
The GFA wishes to assure all that as an institution it does not condone any manner of corrupt practices.
We wish to put on record that eight months ago, we got evidence of
some external influences seeking to manipulate matches in our various
competitions.
As soon as it became clear to us that we were facing the possibility
of some external influences seeking to destroy the sanctity of the game
in Ghana, we wrote to FIFA seeking assistance to help combat this
menace.
The action we took was in furtherance of the GFA's desire to fight
against match manipulation and maintain the integrity of our game and
federation.
We received a full FIFA response few days later, with an action plan
on how we can fight the menace of match manipulation through a roadmap
for the implementation of the national integrity initiative.
We are still working with FIFA Integrity Department to find the
appropriate dates for the action to help educate our members on the
dangers of this menace.
The GFA will subsequently be undertaking a holistic review and
continue with our reforms geared towards the enhancement of its
operations in dealing with alleged acts of corruption in the game.
We ask anyone with information about these allegations to get in touch with us through:
info@ghanafa.org
Source: Graphic.com.gh
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