Visa Scandal: Only 15 of 102 names on NSA list were verified - MP

Ranking Member of Parliament’s Minority, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has alleged that discrepancies in staff lists submitted to foreign embassies for the 2026 FIFA World Cup raise questions about representations made by the National Sports Authority (NSA).

Speaking on Joy News’ Newsfile, Assafuah cited documents he said showed that individuals were introduced to the United States and Canadian embassies as NSA officials despite their positions not matching the authority’s records.

He referred to an email dated January 28, 2026, which identified a person as the NSA board secretary, while a separate letter signed by the board chairman named someone else for the same position.

Assafuah also questioned the inclusion of people described as procurement officers, regional coordinators and other officials whose positions, he alleged, could not be verified within the NSA’s organisational structure.

He said a list of about 102 people submitted in connection with World Cup activities in Canada contained no more than 15 individuals he could identify as NSA officers or affiliates.

“My version of this list, that is about 102 of them, exposed not more than 15 of them as officers or affiliates of the NSA,” he said.

Assafuah further cited correspondence from the Canadian visa section requesting documentary evidence to establish the applicants’ employment or affiliation with the authority.

He argued that the discrepancies warranted scrutiny of how the lists were compiled and submitted to diplomatic missions.