{"id":446037,"date":"2017-12-11T22:21:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T22:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/bribery-and-corruption-allegations-in-ghana-football-real-joe-addo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-11T22:21:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T22:21:39","slug":"bribery-and-corruption-allegations-in-ghana-football-real-joe-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/bribery-and-corruption-allegations-in-ghana-football-real-joe-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bribery and corruption allegations in Ghana Football real &#8211; Joe Addo"},"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, 11 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>otecfmghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-11<\/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\/52230837.295.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Addo Ghana\" title=\"Joe Addo Ghana\" width=\"295\" height=\"304\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Joe Addo, former Ghanaian defender<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513030899_684_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Former Ghanaian defender Joe Addo has backed comments made by Senior Minister Hon. Yaw Osaafo Maafo on corruption and bribery practices in the Ghana Football Association (GFA) that are affecting the progress of football in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Former Sports Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo says the Ghana Premier league has grown unattractive over the years because of corruption within the rank and file of the League management.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a forum to launch this year\u2019s national anti-corruption and transparency week in Accra, the Senior Minister, who is credited for his role in Ghana\u2019s first World Cup qualification in 2006, recounted his experience with corrupt officials and in the wake of reforms after Ghana FA summit in Cape Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the \u2018Football Legends Night\u2019 Show on GHONE TV, Joe Addo, an ex-Accra Hearts of Oak player, said people have lost interest in the local leagues because of bribery and corruption that have characterized the FA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is so much corruption in Ghana\u2019s football, it\u2019s unfortunate but its true and am not the only one who knows, a lot of people know that and I think we have to do something about it so am very happy Hon. Osaafo Maafo voiced it out&#8221; Addo said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor instance, many people don\u2019t understand what indemnity means but in actual sense it means bribery or \u2018ways and means\u2019, there are so many things in football and there are many that are left unsaid. Many Ghanaians eyes are wide opened, everybody wants to know about every single thing that happens in our football, it is not like the past, and it&#8217;s killing our game,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He called on all stakeholders in the football industry to find a way, if not eradicating it, minimising it for the uplifting of football in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very difficult to eradicate bribery and corrupt practices, even the professional leagues in Europe find it difficult to fix them but we should find a way to fix or kill it if we are really serious about,\u201d Addo added.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 56 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 Monday, 11 December 2017 Source: otecfmghana.com 2017-12-11 Joe Addo, former Ghanaian defender Former Ghanaian defender Joe Addo has backed comments made by Senior Minister Hon. Yaw Osaafo Maafo on corruption and bribery practices in the Ghana Football Association (GFA) that are affecting the progress of football in the country. 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