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British High Commissioner questions GFA

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  • Kk 8 years ago

    Thank you

  • Jj is a murderer 8 years ago

    This should not be a surprise.Didnt the government allocated one million nine hundred thousand dollars of a loaned money from world bank to by CHRYSLERS.?
    What has or what did Ghanaians do?
    Mumu people.I fear for the youth ...
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  • bhono holland 8 years ago

    THANK YOU MR AMBASSADOR,MAHAMA IS DOING NOTHING,CLUELES EMPTY HEAD,NYANTAKYI NSAWAM AWAITS YOU.
    HOW CAN GHANA ALLOWED THIS THIEF NYANTAKYI TO HIJACK GHANA FOOTBALL? NPP FIGHTING EACH OTHER SELFISH PARTY,MAY GOD BLESS OUR HOM ...
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  • Saint Ghfuo: CHALLENGE YOURSELF! 8 years ago

    THUS ALONE TELLS YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR GHANAIAN LEADERS AS COMPARED TO THEIR BRITISH OR WESTERN COUNTERPARTS. VERY SOON, AFRICAN LEADERS WILL BE SHIPPED TO THE HAGUE FOR CAUSING FINANCIAL LOSES TO THE STATE AND THEIR ...
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  • WALA 8 years ago

    Thank you, Mr. Ambassador, for joining us in our lamentations.

    I think this should definitely be the position of your government and all decent people and governments around the world.

    This fool should, at the very leas ...
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  • Rastafara 8 years ago

    you are doing the work of the corrupt president!

  • Rastafara"I" 8 years ago

    nyantekyi is a thief!

  • Saint Ghfuo: CHALLENGE YOURSELF! 8 years ago

    OR BE PREPARED TO TAKE A BULLET. THE CULTURE AT THE GFA MUST CHANGE AND IT WILL NEVER CHANGE AS LONG AS HE REMAINS. EVEN BLATTER HAS RESIGNED. WO MAAME TW3!

  • Sankofa 8 years ago

    Jon Benjamin is a twerp.

    Who does he think he is meddling in our domestic affairs.

    He would be best advised to shut up and go back whence he came!!

  • Tetteh Asagba 8 years ago

    First you should determine for yourself whether what he is saying is true or not. If you did not say that but proceeded to condemn him, then you are the twerp. It does not matter where he comes from, if he is genuinely tellin ...
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  • theAntidote 8 years ago

    Yes he has a right to voice his opinion if people like you will be quiet about your appointed official waste the scant resources on themselves and the whole population don't have common basic needs. Your response shows how yo ...
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  • inercycl 8 years ago

    For calling the ambassador a twerp.Why do we as a people glorify stealing by public office holders.You think western nations are stupid to see you steal from your own people and turn around to beg them for loans or aid.I p ...
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  • SCHEMER 8 years ago

    Have you people asked who takes the money from Fifa? I am positive its the government and not the FA. I stand to be corrected though. The BHC should get his facts right before attacking the FA.

  • inercycl 8 years ago

    Nyantakyi caused the arrest of his friend/business partner for defaulting on a 600,000 dollar loan he claims to have extended to his friend shortly after Brazil. Does it not bother you how he got the money from as a ghana ...
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  • inercycl 8 years ago

    FA or Government. The ambassador talks about the extravagant lifestyles of the GFA..SUVs and the like.So if its government taking the money, how does the GFA support their lifestyle. Create, share and loot.They are all cr ...
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  • Sarskoberta 8 years ago

    As3m a y3te ho ne no. Who dare you:- say Kutu Acheampong of blessed memory had a big nose?

    KN has for ten years running milked out the people's funds. Past governments are all aware, Blackstar players both dead and alive a ...
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  • BANAMANGU 8 years ago

    If you say you stand to be corrected, it means you're not even sure, so you're contracting yourself by saying "BHC should get his facts right before attacking the FA".

    So how do you know he does not have his facts right wh ...
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  • Saint Ghfuo: CHALLENGE YOURSELF! 8 years ago

    WHITEMAN WILL TAKE HIS REVENUE AND RE INVEST THAT BACK INTO THE INDUSTRY TO ACQUIRE MORE WEALTH. TO A WHITEMAN, WEALTH ACCUMMULATION IS INFINITE. A BALCKMAN DONT THINK LIKE THAT. HE WILL TAKE HIS REVENUE AND SQUANDER IT. END ...
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  • Ebe Ye Yie Brass Band 8 years ago

    I DO AGREE WITH YOU. HENCE BLACK AFRICAN MAN BEHIND 200 YEARS. WHETHER THE MONEY WAS TAKEN BY GFA OR GOVERNMENT, IT IS NOT INVESTED IN FOOTBALL RATHER INTO V8 ETC....

  • Kofi Bodua 8 years ago

    Shut up
    Let the man speak. Ghana is full of low IQ good for for nothing and fat people in authority without any regard for accountability. We need someone to speak even if it's this man

  • Yaw 8 years ago

    oh Sankofa u fool ooo.

  • Paul siaw 8 years ago

    Sankofa u r an idiot! You are asking a wrong question to a wrong person. go to the UK and inspect even a high school football pitch and compare that to any of our national stadiums. idiotic foool

  • Thomas Cook 8 years ago

    foolish, blind, very very foolish statement. you are the twerp! lazy and corrupt statement just shows how corrupt this sankofa person is!

  • Ebe Ye Yie Brass Band 8 years ago

    I think YOU ARE THE TWERP. YOU BELIEVE AND WORSHIP MATERIAL SELF MADE TYCOON WHILST YOU LEAVE ON LOANS. JON IS RIGHT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DONATES A LOT TO THIS COUNTRY IN AID AND ALL GOES TO YOUR BULGY S ...
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  • P Djamgbe. 8 years ago

    Don't mind him. He thinks we still live under their colonial regime. Yes our leaders are very, very corrupt but who the hell is he to ask our them what they do with our money? At the end of day the money we get from playing i ...
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  • DADDY OSCAR 8 years ago

    This is the first time l will support this gentleman though he likes talking and poking into our affairs too much.This time l support him 100%.

  • Paulus, London 8 years ago

    You've nailed it right on top.

  • inercycl 8 years ago

    That they are all thieves? For merely being chairman of GFA, how was he able to "loan" 600,000 dollars to his friend in a business shortly after the Brazil fiasco.He still had the audacity to cause his arrest...no questi ...
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  • DALLAS 8 years ago

    Thank you so much.Developed World will turn back and put things right for poor and suffering Africans some day yet to come.
    Too much corruption and mismanagement of our rich resources.LOOTING at the expense of the citizenry. ...
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  • tutu(Toronto) 8 years ago

    I may not agreed with outside force on any Ghanaian policies like sports, but this British High Commissioner questions on GFA is an exceptional. We welcome such constructive argument. This GFA boss has been untouchable and he ...
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  • john 8 years ago

    The man sees Ghanaian leaders lacking wisdom and he couldent wait.

  • DALLAS 8 years ago

    MAHAMA WATCH OUT.YOU WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE SOME DAY SOME TIME.FROM EAST TO WEST AND NORTH TO SOUTH OF AFRICA. IT WILL START SOME DAY. BAD LEADERS ALL OVER.
    THANKS,MR COMMISSIONER.

  • Gordon Yeboah, USA 8 years ago

    Some of the biggest differences between black and white is our leaders.jack our African leaders don't reason oooh.iam not disrespecting blacks but our investments as blacks are always towards a single persons pocket.

  • Joe Turkey 8 years ago

    I don't ever agree with this man but this one ... I said the same thing, and in the same words, when after the 2006 World Cup, the barber ET Mensah decided to build a Black Star Hotel at Prampram. Where is commonsense? Shoul ...
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  • Sarkus 8 years ago

    Thanks Jon,for looking out for Ghana.
    God dey!!

  • Peter 8 years ago

    Mr Benjamin GFA encourages the utilization of over-age players.

  • kennedy. 8 years ago

    You guys think the western world are fools they are watching.

  • kusasi 8 years ago

    what is the report on nyantakyi after the dzamefe commission

  • obour germany 8 years ago

    Thank you so much

  • JC 8 years ago

    Mr. High Commissioner, if you want to probe Kwesi Nyantekyi you are going to incur the wrath of John Mahama and his corrupt government. They are all of the same corrupt feathers. And they will defend him to death. I wish the ...
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  • kdk 8 years ago

    White man sense ooo ghana mahama where are we going to

  • Kofi K 8 years ago

    And the equally corrupt Mahama govt look at them unconcerned. Because they also benefit from the loot.

  • BENJAMINE TSEY JON 8 years ago

    Ben Jon thank you on observation and comments, the truth is sometimes hurting but must be told. Ghanaian officials normally think out side the box, at these point of time we will hold up with your recommendation. Thank You Re ...
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  • koo 8 years ago

    Well said that's the reason why whites always ahead of us in any race because think about future ,but Africans think of spending on unercesary thing rather than invest.bravo mr

  • Son of Man 8 years ago

    The Almighty White Man Has Spoken. What are the 'people' going to do about this?

  • Mike 8 years ago

    We still do better than england at the world cup. Focus on your own shit, Mr Commissioner. Should a high commisioner even be talking about the GFA and FIFA. What are you trying to do here?

  • Mike 8 years ago

    We still do better than england at the world cup. Focus on your own shit, Mr Commissioner. Should a high commisioner even be talking about the GFA and FIFA. What are you trying to do here?

  • Kwaku, Canada 8 years ago

    This is a question Ghanaians should have been asking! This is a man who is well immersed in a system where accountability is the norm and not the exception. Unfortunately, Ghana is being torn into shreds and the worst part is ...
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  • Kwaku, Canada 8 years ago

    This is a question Ghanaians should have been asking! This is a man who is well immersed in a system where accountability is the norm and not the exception. Unfortunately, Ghana is being torn into shreds and the worst part is ...
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  • Oheneba 8 years ago

    I think Ghanaian shd. know the man is not speaking of only nyankye and his GFA Gangs alone oo he is speaking beyond that including our govmnts. and politicians .sit down n look critically how many SUVs convoys our leaders s ...
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  • Abeiku SW2 London 8 years ago

    Sorry but the Truth Hurts ....

  • Thomas Cook 8 years ago

    bam! bam! bam! and bam! again. Commissioner, hit the nail right on the head!

  • The Future Force 8 years ago

    I congratulate the UK HC for this bold step. The GFA has now become a mafia enterprise led by their corrupt president who thinks he is the only good thing to have happened to the GFA. The GFA took the government of Ghana to c ...
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  • NANA obum 8 years ago

    Oh yes they like big big cars at the expense of the poor for doing not anything to develop the country.. They would take these big big cars to their graves when they die God is watching .

  • kk 8 years ago

    that's Ghana for yu , Mr Ambassodor,
    the ppl respect cars , nice cars more than human being.

    if yu don't drive a nice car, then yu are not a human being.. but where yu are coming from almost 90 percent of the pl use the ...
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  • larrybee 8 years ago

    The Ambassador is right GFA is all about chopping Ghana monies and they always hide behind FIFA. Thank you sir.

  • salis 8 years ago

    thank you very much help educate them please. keep emphasizing this please.

  • STEVE 8 years ago

    Corruption in the GFA is the highest in Ghana. Nyantakyi and his bunch of THIEVES have used most of the proceeds from International tournaments & local income for their personal gains. Any attempt to probe the financial deali ...
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  • STEPHEN OSEI,NORWAY 8 years ago

    WELL DONE BOSS

  • Chris Awuyah 8 years ago

    As they say in soccer, Mr Jon Benjamin has scored from a spot kick. We have all been holding our breadth at the cesspit of corruption in Ghana soccer, hoping that the smell will go away. No, we must get rid of the skunk and t ...
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  • Princo 8 years ago

    Oh! Mr Ambassador---you notice why we Ghanaians are underdeveloped , not progressing despite all the resources---we simply don't think-------I am a Ghanaian in Britain so I fully share with your line of thinking --the same ...
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  • Efo 8 years ago

    thank you

  • Naayale Woyome 8 years ago

    My dear Benjamin, thank you so much for everything you do. My country Ghana is full of idiots and i mean real idiots. Always remember that a dog in UK has a higher IQ than the average Ghanaian. If we are wise people, we will ...
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  • EMMA 8 years ago

    Who will be bold enough to hold Nyantakyi accountable to the nation.The government is corrupt and does not have the moral right to take action against Nyantakyi and his mafia group. Despite all the startling revelations again ...
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  • Steve 8 years ago

    Some people just don't know their place , you represent your country and according to sports go governing bodies . Even a country's government can't question fifa and here we are with an establishment that denied million of v ...
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  • Kendrah 8 years ago

    Well said Commissioner.

  • seth kwabena asare okrah 8 years ago

    I totally agree with the commissioner

  • junior Mike 8 years ago

    Mr commissioner you see Ghanaians don't want truths, our leaders are there for their self interest and defend stupidity issues but we shall continue say until they change their attitude.

  • junior Mike 8 years ago

    Ghanaians should practice true th