The governing body of world football on Friday announced a 90-day suspension on the president of the Ghana Football Association, who has been at the centre of corruption claims.<\/p>\n
FIFA said its ethics committee had \u201cprovisionally banned\u201d Kwesi Nyantakyi from \u201call football activities at both national and international level\u201d with immediate effect.<\/p>\n
The suspension is pending an investigation into whether he had broken FIFA\u2019s code of ethics, it added in a statement.<\/p>\n
Nyantakyi was this week accused in an undercover documentary of requesting $11 million from reporters posing as investors to secure government contracts.<\/p>\n
He also allegedly tried to profit personally from a $5 million-a-year, five-year sponsorship deal with the GFA.<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s government on Thursday said the documentary had exposed \u201cgross malfunctioning\u2026 characterised by widespread fraud, corruption and bribery\u201d at the GFA.<\/p>\n
Steps were now being taken to dissolve the body, said information minister Mustapha Abdul-Hamid.<\/p>\n
The conduct of all GFA officials and the suspended head of the National Sports Authority was referred to police for further investigation and any \u201cappropriate action\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n
Football is Ghana\u2019s national sport and the revelations have sent shockwaves through the country, just under a week before the start of the World Cup finals in Russia.<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s senior men\u2019s team, the Black Stars, failed to qualify.<\/p>\n
Before the last tournament in Brazil in 2014, Nyantakyi was accused of signing a $170,000-deal for Ghana to play in a friendly organised by match fixers.<\/p>\n
He denied signing any contract.<\/p>\n
(AFP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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