{"id":1022894,"date":"2022-03-16T03:35:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T03:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/16\/nsa-accuses-gfa-of-sabotage-ahead-of-nigeria-games\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T03:35:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T03:35:57","slug":"nsa-accuses-gfa-of-sabotage-ahead-of-nigeria-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/16\/nsa-accuses-gfa-of-sabotage-ahead-of-nigeria-games\/","title":{"rendered":"NSA accuses GFA of sabotage ahead of Nigeria games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kurt-Okraku-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"Kurt Okraku\" title=\"Kurt Okraku\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kurt Okraku<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Professor Peter Twumasi, has said his outfit was\u00a0not informed by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) when they submitted Cape Coast Sports Stadium to CAF for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>According to CAF, the Black Stars will host Nigeria at the Cape Coast Stadium in the first leg of the 2022 World Cup playoff games on March 25.<\/p>\n<p>However, the pitch has been left in a bad state following the 65th independence anniversary celebration\u00a0on 6th March at the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) last week filed a petition to FIFA to complain about the bad state of the pitch and requested the first leg should be played on a neutral ground.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"597\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Twumasi.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Peter Twumasi, Director General of the National Sports Authority\" class=\"wp-image-1859021\"  \/><figcaption><strong>Professor Peter Twumasi, Director General of the National Sports Authority <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe were not informed by the Ghana Football Association when they submitted the Cape Coast Sports Stadium for the World Cup qualifiers. At least we as managers of the stadium should have been informed,\u201d Twumasi told Accra based<strong> Happy FM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted the GFA to consider the Accra Sports Stadium or the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. Later we were told that the GFA had already sent the Cape Coast Sports Stadium to CAF. At least they should have informed us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThe Accra Sports Stadium has been certified by CAF. Even we had the Liberia national team playing one of their qualifiers here. So after getting to know that the game will still be played at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium, we decided to speed up work on the field,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will be hosted at the\u00a0Moshood Abiola National Stadium on March 29 in the return leg game in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the tie will represent the continent at the World football showpiece which is scheduled to take place from November 21 to December 18, 2022, in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"oyMmFkIX0ic\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Minority tells gov\u2019t to open land borders for people and goods \u2013 Adom TV News (15-3-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oyMmFkIX0ic?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kurt Okraku Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Professor Peter Twumasi, has said his outfit was\u00a0not informed by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) when they submitted Cape Coast Sports Stadium to CAF for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Nigeria. 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