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In the course of the discussion monetary issues came up, I can\u2019t run away from that. It is regrettable that all those things came up. All those things were discussed in good faith. That you are going to help me and I\u2019m also going to help you. At one time, I even said that I will need about one million dollars if I were to contest for a political office in Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked by the host if he wanted to contest for political office, he replied: \u201dyes\u201d. Ask which constituency he intended to contest, Mr Nyantakyi swiftly answered, \u201dit is past, let\u2019s not go there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pushed further by the host why he needed such huge money to run for political office, Mr Nyantakyi who is a Lawyer cum former Banker responded: \u201dbut you know that if you don\u2019t have money you can\u2019t win elections in Ghana. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s bribe ooo, I mean T&amp;T. So all these things were discussed, regrettable discussions and I don\u2019t even want to think about this. The mention of the President and Vice President\u2019s names are all regrettable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President of\u00a0Ghana Football AssociationKwesi Nyantakyi\u00a0has revealed that he needed a large war chest of $1million to enable him to realize his political ambition of becoming a Member of Parliament. 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