{"id":444224,"date":"2017-12-06T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/06\/osafo-maafo-has-no-moral-right-to-preach-anti-corruption-in-football-nyaho-tamakloe\/"},"modified":"2017-12-06T09:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T09:00:29","slug":"osafo-maafo-has-no-moral-right-to-preach-anti-corruption-in-football-nyaho-tamakloe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/06\/osafo-maafo-has-no-moral-right-to-preach-anti-corruption-in-football-nyaho-tamakloe\/","title":{"rendered":"Osafo Maafo has no moral right to preach anti-corruption in football &#8211; Nyaho Tamakloe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday,  6 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-06<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/89132305.295.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe New\" title=\"Dr Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe New\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former Ghana Football Association Chairman, Dr Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe<\/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=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512550829_65_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) Chairman Dr Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe says former Sports Minister Yaw Osarfo Marfo has no moral right to preach anti-corruption in Ghana football.<\/p>\n<p>He said Osafo Mafo, who is now Senior Minister, should stop behaving like a \u2018\u2019good boy\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Osafo Mafo, who is credited for his role in Ghana&#8217;s first ever qualification to the World Cup in 2006, speaking at a forum to launch this year\u2019s national anti-corruption and transparency week in Accra, alleged that corruption is responsible for the football stagnation in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Ghana Premier league has grown unattractive over the years because of corruption within the rank and file of the league management, recounting his experience with corrupt officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been Minister for Sports before, and it was during my time that Ghana qualified for the World Cup for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the first things I did was to invite the match officials to my office because the league becomes important when people see fairness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou destroy the league of the country when people know that matches are being fixed. Corruption got so deep in football after 2010 that Ghanaians stopped being interested in the local league,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorruption in the officiating of Ghana Premier League matches has had a very negative effect on our football, to the extent that local players have hardly featured in the Black Stars call-ups these days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is certainly not the best, as we used to get about half of the Black Stars from the local league, with most of them coming from Hearts, Kotoko, Olympics, Eleven Wise and a few others. And these players were very competitive and conquered Africa.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xrt2swuEvkA?ecver=2\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese teams also conquered Africa in their own right, but how are our teams doing in Africa these days? The winner of our league cannot even make it through the first round of the CAF competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must make sure that those who are guilty of these corrupt offences are found out and punished accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>But in an exclusive interview with Joy Sports, the outspoken board member of Hearts of Oak has questioned the integrity of Osafo Mafo.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019If I will join this sort of discussion, I will be compelled to abuse people,\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u2018\u2019He [Yaw Osafo Maafo] has no moral right to talk about corruption in the Ghana Football\u2019\u2019 \u2018\u2019Yaw should stop playing the good boy, that\u2019s all!\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96566925.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">For more news, go to <b>myjoyonline.com<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>This article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/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 Wednesday, 6 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-06 Former Ghana Football Association Chairman, Dr Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) Chairman Dr Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe says former Sports Minister Yaw Osarfo Marfo has no moral right to preach anti-corruption in Ghana football. 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