Award winning sports broadcaster, saddick Adams, has not relaxed on his zeal to fight for the betterment of Ghana sporting facilities as his latest Facebook post is attracting a lot of attention.
Sports Obama, as affectionately called, in a post quarried how Ghana spends prize monies from tournaments the various teams participate, especially in relation to the world Cup.
“We’ve been told FIFA has transferred $10.5million Dollars into the GFA Accounts some 8 months ago”.
“GFA and Ministry said they’d use the money to improve facilities.Same things have been said in the past. For instance government and GFA agreed to use the 2010 World Cup money to build a 3 Star Hotel for our national teams” Saddick Adams stated.
The experienced sports broadcaster has over the years shared his thoughts on the state of Ghana sports as well as the deteriorating stre of sports facilities across the country.
Read his full post below:
By March 2022, Ghana Football Association and the Ministry of Sports were already aware how much Ghana would make in prize money by just being at the World Cup.
We’ve been told FIFA has transferred $10.5million Dollars into the GFA Accounts some 8 months ago.
GFA and Ministry said they’d use the money to improve facilities.
Same things have been said in the past. For instance government and GFA agreed to use the 2010 World Cup money to build a 3 Star Hotel for our national teams.
I don’t know how old that hotel is and where it is situated.
There is absolutely NOTHING sensible to show for after FOUR World Cup and nearly $50million received in Prize money.
Today, countries like Tanzania, Mauritania, South Sudan etc who have never gone remotely closer to the World Cup, knows how to make judicious use of the little revenue from football.
I hope that, this time again, the World Cup money, like has been the regrettable custom in the past, doesn’t end up in the pockets of some few individuals. I hope that it doesn’t help individuals build mansions when our national team kids sleep in mosquito infested cubicles.
FIFA intends the money to be reinvested for the sustainability of the game.
The talking is too much. The waste is too much. The avaricious is too much. Ghana is becoming a laughing stock in this sector at the turn of every year.
“We can’t continue like this. We can’t”
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Kwabena Nyarko Abronoma
