{"id":444879,"date":"2017-12-08T03:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T03:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/08\/corruption-in-ghana-football-on-the-high-since-2010-senior-minister\/"},"modified":"2017-12-08T03:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T03:00:32","slug":"corruption-in-ghana-football-on-the-high-since-2010-senior-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/08\/corruption-in-ghana-football-on-the-high-since-2010-senior-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption in Ghana football on the high since 2010 \u2013 Senior Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday,  8 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>thefinderonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/64387680.295.jpg\" alt=\"Osafo Maafo9\" title=\"Osafo Maafo9\" width=\"295\" height=\"192\" \/><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=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\/1512702032_659_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo says corruption in Ghana football has been on the rise since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-Sports Minister made mention of this at the launch of the anti-corruption transparency programme, organised by the Ghana Integrity Initiative and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Osafo Maafo, corruption shouldn\u2019t be perceived to be a trait of only politicians, but everyone, including football officials.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the programme, he said, \u201cWhen we talk about corruption, people shift their attention to specifically politicians and that shift itself has created a problem for this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorruption got so deep in football in 2010, and Ghanaians are no more interested in the local league. Are there any politicians there? <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorruption in the officiating of soccer matches in the Premier League has had a very negative effect on our football to the extent that the local players are not able to make it into the Black Stars aside the goalkeepers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe used to have most of the players from the local league in the past to form the Black Stars. Now, the league winners cannot even compete in Africa when they participate\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that during his tenure as the Sports Minister, he invited referees to his office to have a meeting with them. <\/p>\n<p>Yaw Osafo Maafo was the first Sports Minister under whom the Black Stars qualified to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 35 updated by: -1 --><\/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 Friday, 8 December 2017 Source: thefinderonline.com 2017-12-08 Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo says corruption in Ghana football has been on the rise since 2010. 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