President John Mahama and Bright Kankam Boadu
Ace sports journalist, Bright Kankam Boadu, has lambasted the Ghana Football Association (GFA) regarding their utterances over President John Dramani Mahama‘s directive for the Black Stars’ budget to be made public.
One would recall that following the president’s directive, GFA Executive Council member Nana Oduro Sarfo stated that his outfit, which manages the Black Stars, only prepares the budget and submits it to the Ministry of Sports and Recreation for expenditure.
He asserted that if the president and Ghanaians seek accountability regarding the Black Stars‘ spending, the ministry is the appropriate entity to direct their demands to.
But kicking against these comments, Kankam Boadu said since the budget is prepared by the GFA and submitted to the sports ministry for approval, they have a role in ensuring that it is made accessible to the general public.
The 2025 Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Journalist of the Year fumed about how the GFA Executive Council member’s response claimed the president was misled in giving such a directive.
Kankam Boadu noted that the GFA’s response to President Mahama concerning making the Black Stars budget public does not show respect, which needs to be condemned.
“The Black Stars budget has always been shrouded in secrecy. President Mahama tasked the sports minister to hold the GFA accountable, and other associations. Afterwards, you have the audacity to respond to him. Don’t you prepare the budget for the ministry to approve? The budget that allocated each person $100,000, was it not designed by you?
“After Alhaji Grusah exposed them on radio, they later called him to deny it, claiming it was a slip of the tongue. They are behaving like they are bigger than the President. Oduro Sarfo speaks anyhow, and we allow them, yet the government sponsors them. They have the guts to respond to President Mahama,” he said in Twi while speaking on Pure FM.
Watch Kankam Boadu’s remarks in the video below:
@agyaretv Excerpt of pure sports
Meanwhile watch as Ghanaians debate the appointment of Jordan Ayew as Black Stars captain below
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