Bribery scandal rocks Ghana’s Black Queens

Ghana Football Association officials have been shocked by revelations that coaches of the national female team, the Black Queens have been taking bribes from their players.

It was alleged that coach Anthony Edusei collected bribes before fielding players and the GFA has opened investigations into the issue.

In the centre of the accusation was Alima Moro Black Queens Italian-based goalkeeper who claimed to have paid 1000 euros to agents of the coach to be assured of her place in the team.

The GFA says an investigation will be conducted into the issue to ascertain the claims made by the goalkeeper against coach Edusei.

“This is a very serious which demands immediate investigation,” stated Ghana FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi. Alima also said several players in the squad paid bribes to the coach before they were handed call_ups.

Some players also claim they paid bribes totaling US$21,000 to the Black Queens technical staff ahead of camping for the Ethiopia qualifier.

In 2009 youth player Ishmael Yartey accused Sellas Tetteh of taking bribes from Ghana U20 players. Tetteh, who won the U20 World Cup in 2009, was investigated by the Ghana FA on another separate allegation of endemic bribe_taking from players and agents. The outcome of the investigation was not made public.

Many think that bribe taking coaches are to blame for the recent failures of the national teams after Ghana’s U17, U20, U20 and local Black Stars failed woefully in recent competitions.