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Prosecute Kwesi Nyantakyi to serve as a check to GFA Presidential hopefuls- Yaw Boateng Gyan to gov't

By Michael Duah
Prosecute Kwesi Nyantakyi to serve as a check to GFA Presidential hopefuls- Yaw Boateng Gyan to gov't
Prosecute Kwesi Nyantakyi to serve as a check to GFA Presidential hopefuls- Yaw Boateng Gyan to gov't
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Veteran football administrator, Yaw Boateng-Gyan, wants former GFA capo, Kwesi Nyantakyi to be prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to those who have expressed interest in occupying the top seat as the president of the FA.

The adjudicatory chamber of the world football governing body found Mr Nyantakyi guilty of having violated Article 19 (conflict of interest), Article 21 (Bribery and corruption) and Article 22 (Commission) of the FIFA Code of Ethics, 2012 edition.

His ban follows the Number 12 documentary by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas which uncovered rot in Ghana football.

 
After the Executive Committee of the FA was nullified, the world football governing body [FIFA] instituted a four-member Normalization Committee replace the ExCO and steer affairs of football in the country.
 
However, Yaw Boateng Gyan, who is a former National Youth Organizer for the opposition National Democratic Party [NDC] want the former CAF 1st vice president and FIFA Executive Council Member to prosecuted to serve a deterrent to the personalities who have expressed interest in occupying the FA's top seat when the Normalization Committee leave office.

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“All the issues that has come up is centered on one person, that is Kwesi Nyantakyi, claims of he being bribed and caught on tape has amounted to not, he is walking a free man making it look almost impossible to prosecute him, and so, what is our measure of deterrence to those who are eager and desperate to be GFA capos?", he questioned.

”So I ask, what wrong did Nyantakyi do for us to suffer this damming consequences of this expose.
I think the Normalization Committee must sit up, they have a lot to do.” he added in an interview with Kumasi based Abusua FM.

The Normalization Committee have up to March 31, 2019, to execute their mandate given to them by FIFA.

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