Yaw Ampofo Ankrah is the Director General of the NSA
Roger Banor, the Acting president of the Ghana Boxing Authority has said he disagrees with the National Sports Authority’s (NSA) ban on all boxing related activities following the death of Ernest Akushey AKA Babubali.
According to Roger Banor, the NSA blindsided GBA officials and boxing stakeholders with an indefinite suspension on all events.
“Quite out of the norm, I saw on social media that the NSA has cancelled all boxing events. It’s unfair to the board, the promoters, and the fans.”
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Banor told Joy Sports Link, disclosing that just three days earlier, NSA Director General Yaw Ampofo Ankrah had dismissed cancellation rumors as baseless during a clandestine meeting.
“I was really shocked to the bone. Just three days before the news, we had a meeting with Yaw Ampoo Ankrah. We asked him about the rumors, and he said there was nothing to them and that we could go ahead with the fights.”
The NSA’s shock decision went beyond the boxing ban. In a letter dated September 25, 2025, Ankrah dissolved the GBA’s interim board—installed after the 2024 governance purge—citing an ‘expired mandate’ and the need for fresh oversight amid the crisis.
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