Ghana president Nana Akufo-Addo made the decision to dissolve the nation's football association amid fraud and corruption claims. Nana Akufo-Addo – the president of Ghana – made the decision Thursday after footage emerged from a documentary allegedly uncovering fraud and corruption under the leadership of GFA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi.
In the documentary 'When Greed and Corruption Become the Norm', Nyantakyi was pictured accepting a cash gift from an undercover reporter who was pretending to be a businessman.
An undercover reporter was pretending to be a businessman from a Middle Eastern company wanting to invest in Ghanaian football.
The filmmaker's team had invited Mr Nyantakyi to a luxury hotel in the Middle East with the promise of a meeting with a wealthy businessman interested in a sponsorship deal with the GFA.
Mr Nyantakyi went on to both negotiate and write up the sponsorship deal on behalf of the GFA, which could have allowed a cut to go to a company he owned.
Correspondents say that had the fictitious deal gone ahead, he could potentially have made $4.5m from the diversion of funds.
The Ghanaian government is set to announce, "provisional measures to govern football activities in the country until a new body is duly formed".
"The Government is shocked and outraged at the contents of the recently-aired video documentary, which captures the investigation conducted into football administration by the journalist, Anasa Aremeyaw, titled 'Number 12': When Misconducted and Greed become the Norm," a statement – signed by Ghana's information minister Mustapha Amid – read.
