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The founder of Heaven\u2019s Gate Ministries, Nicholas Osei, popularly known as Kumchacha has criticized the Ministry of Youth and Sports over the controversy surrounding the appropriation of $3 million during the 13th All African Games hosted in Ghana.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He condemned the ministry for its poor accountability of state funds, calling the officials involved “thieves.”<\/p>\n
Kumchacha expressed his frustration with the ministry’s inability to justify the expenditure, particularly the $3 million supposedly spent on broadcasting issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He emphasized the need for divine intervention to address such corruption, highlighting the suffering of the youth, lack of street lights, and poor road conditions as consequences of misused state funds.<\/p>\n
In a video shared by Trends GH TV on YouTube, Kumchacha said in Twi, “How can the sports ministry spend over $3 million on broadcasting issues, and we are struggling to find out how it was spent? It is high time God deals with such corrupt people.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Our leaders always look fresh and nice, yet they are criminals and thieves causing us pain through corruption. When a pastor talks about corruption, some people say focus on the Bible, but we need to speak out about the rot.”<\/p>\n
<\/b>Background:<\/p>\n
The controversy began when the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, claimed that his ministry paid over $3 million to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) during his appearance before the Public Accounts Committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, Professor Amin Alhassan, Director-General of GBC, denied receiving this amount, stating that the state broadcaster only earned $105,000 from the African Games.<\/p>\n
In response, the Ministry of Youth and Sports released a statement on August 21, 2024, detailing the African Games broadcast rights deal with GBC, which amounted to $3.6 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the ministry, $2.5 million was paid to GBC in two installments, and $1 million was paid to a third party upon GBC’s instructions.<\/p>\n
“From the total amount, $2.5 million was paid directly to GBC in two tranches: $1 million and $1.5 million on March 13, 2024, and May 22, 2024, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Another amount of $1 million was paid to third parties upon the instructions of GBC, in accordance with the contract,” the statement explained.<\/p>\n
<\/b>Watch the video below:<\/p>\n