{"id":414330,"date":"2017-09-04T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/04\/gfa-is-second-largest-galamsey-in-ghana-abbey-pobbi\/"},"modified":"2017-09-04T11:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T11:00:28","slug":"gfa-is-second-largest-galamsey-in-ghana-abbey-pobbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/04\/gfa-is-second-largest-galamsey-in-ghana-abbey-pobbi\/","title":{"rendered":"GFA is second largest \u2018Galamsey\u2019 in Ghana &#8211; Abbey Pobbi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday,  4 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>sportsworldghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/66259094.295.jpg\" alt=\"ABBEY PObBI\" title=\"ABBEY PObBI\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Jonathan Abbey Pobbi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1504522828_153_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Veteran football administrator, Jonathan Abbey Pobbi has described the senior national team, Ghana Black Stars as the second largest \u2018galamsey\u2019 in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to Abbey Pobbi, the national team has subtly been converted into a cash cow for a cabal involved in the management of the team.<\/p>\n<p>He was speaking to host of Abusua Nkommo, Kwame Adinkra on issues affecting performance of the Ghana Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>The football administrator says, \u201cthe Ghana Black Stars is the second largest galamsey business in Ghana today and until we take drastic action, our football will continue to go down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I were to advise the government, I will suggest we extend the operation vanguard to the doorstep of the GFA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He alleges, \u201cKwesi Nyantakyi has formed a cabal at the GFA mainly made up of goro boys whose major preoccupation is to create avenues of extorting monies from state coffers in the name of running football and I think that\u2019s why God is punishing us with these abysmal performances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain, I will advise the government to implement the Brazil Committee report and I\u2019m sure by the time government finishes with the implementation, the entire GFA kingpins and their goro boys will cease to exist,\u201d he charged.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 4 updated by: 4 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Monday, 4 September 2017 Source: sportsworldghana.com 2017-09-04 Jonathan Abbey Pobbi &#13; Veteran football administrator, Jonathan Abbey Pobbi has described the senior national team, Ghana Black Stars as the second largest \u2018galamsey\u2019 in the country. 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