Ghana FA must open their doors - Herbert Mensah

Ex-Kotoko chairman Herbert Mensah is calling for greater transparency in the running of football in the country following a recent damning report by Transparency International against the Ghana FA.

The reputation of the federation took a massive hit earlier this week with reports it has been cited as a corrupt organization in the latest study of the global anti-corruption.

Transparency International scored the Ghana FA zero in the areas of financial accounts, organizational statutes, annual activity report and code of ethics in the Football Governance League Table in a study which involved 209 football federations around the world.

However, the global anti-corruption watchdog backtracked on Wednesday with claims the report did not question the credibility of the FA.

But former Kotoko chief Herbert Mensah is urging the FA to be more transparent to avoid the needless suspicions

‘Ghana football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi should let his work at the FA be transparent so that people will get trust in our soccer for them to troop to the various stadia to watch league matches,’ he told Accra-based Asempa FM.

‘If Nyantakyi is able to explain how he shared the coefficient money,and give details of the various sponsorship money with details of Black Stars friendly matches money, this will make people have trust in him and will go to our various stadia to watch matches and will not need Shatta Wale,Sarkodie etc to attract supporters to come watch our league matches.’