{"id":443915,"date":"2017-12-05T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/corruption-has-destroyed-ghana-football-osafo-maafo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-05T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T14:00:15","slug":"corruption-has-destroyed-ghana-football-osafo-maafo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/corruption-has-destroyed-ghana-football-osafo-maafo\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption has destroyed Ghana football &#8211; Osafo Maafo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/19560886.295.jpg\" alt=\"Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo\" title=\"Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo\" width=\"295\" height=\"168\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512482415_633_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, has bemoaned the high level of corruption in Ghana football.<\/p>\n<p>The former Sports Minister who led Ghana to her first World Cup in 2006, believes that corruption is the main reason behind the poor state of the local league.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch of anti-corruption and transparency week on Monday, the honourable minister said, \u201cCorruption in football  got so deep after 2010  in this country and Ghanaians are no more interested in the Local league;are there any politicians there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe league becomes important when people see fairness. You destroy the league when people know that football matches have been fixed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The senior minister also noted that corruption in officiating of football matches in premier division, has negatively affected  Ghana football .<\/p>\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>Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, has bemoaned the high level of corruption in Ghana football. The former Sports Minister who led Ghana to her first World Cup in 2006, believes that corruption is the main reason behind the poor state of the local league. 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