A sports journalist at TV XYZ has criticised the Minister of Sports and Recreation, Kofi Adams, for allegedly failing to include the media station’s journalists on the list of media personnel selected to cover the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

According to the journalist, the media outlet campaigned extensively for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) during the 2024 general elections to help the party win power.

However, the sports minister failed to secure even one visa slot for a journalist from the station to cover the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States

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Speaking on the World Cup visa scandal, the aggrieved journalist said he and his colleagues are deeply disappointed and insist that Kofi Adams should deal with the controversy and its consequences.

“The whole of XYZ, we were solidly behind this government and made noise to bring them to power. When it came to the slots for media personnel, we did not get even one to travel to America for the World Cup. Disgraceful. I won’t talk about him; he should do whatever he wants. If you have sold visas and they’re coming to arrest you guys, take it.

“Time will tell. Kofi Adams could not consider the stations that openly campaigned for the NDC. TV XYZ, you can’t bypass us, yet we did not get one slot. Then you sat at the NSA office to sell visas, and there is controversy. What should I say? They should go ahead with the investigation,” he fumed.

The journalist also criticised the leadership of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), headed by Kurt Okraku, questioning his commitment and lamenting what he described as the neglect of people who helped government appointees gain power.

“Having someone like Kurt Okraku as GFA President is a joke. You have been disgraced. You don’t even pick up calls from people who helped you. It is left with two years; we shall see. Keep treating the grassroots badly,” he noted.

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— Nαɳα Kɯαɱҽ (@NanaKwame_off) October 16, 2026