Randy Abbey Refuses To Greet President Mills

As the arrogance of the NPP-infested GFA continues to soar, especially as they have succeeded in torpedoing the setting up of the GFA Public Interest Community (PIC), which has allowed them to be in full control of the millions of dollars that have come the way of the Black Stars, Randy Abbey has decided to move his arrogance and disrespect notches higher.

Last Saturday, June 12, 2010 at the Loftus Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, Randy Abbey exhibited gross disrespect in the presence of His Excellency, President John Evans Atta Mills. Deciding to visit the Black Stars during the last training session, President Atta Mills, in his usual keeping-to-time manner, arrived at the Loftus Stadium about 20 minutes before the players and technical men arrived. GFA boss, Kwesi Nyantakyi, who was once a student of President Atta Mills and knowing that the President does not play with his time, was present to welcome him.

Upon arrival at the Loftus Stadium to meet the President already waiting for them, all the players, technical men and GFA members, walked up to his Excellency the President and exchanged pleasantries with the Father of the nation. It was only Randy Abbey, the self-appointed GFA spokesperson and dyed-in-the-wool NPP sympathizer, who refused to acknowledge the present of the President.

While everybody else got close to the President, Randy stayed meters away and could not be bothered that the President of Ghana was around. When it was time for the President to give a little pep talk to the team, Randy still kept his distance.

To prove that he did not give a damn about the presence of his Excellency President Mills after the match, when the President went into the dressing room to congratulate the players and technical bench, GFA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi and other FA officials were there to meet the President, Randy Abbey chose to stay away.

The FA spokesperson who should have been present to be able to communicate what the President said to the players was nowhere to be found. Randy Abbey chose to be on the corridor instead of being in the dressing room. Such is the extent to which GFA Spokesperson, Randy Abbey chose to arrogantly and grossly disrespect the presence of His Excellency President John Evans Atta Mills.

Randy’s disrespect and dislike for President Atta Mills is not in doubt as he consistently on Metro TV, Peace FM and other networks use insalubrious words to describe the President and his appointees. Almost all the members of the President’s entourage noticed Randy’s disrespectful conduct. Indeed, a particular FA member was overhead commenting on Randy’s arrogant and disrespectful behavior. “If it was Kufuor who was here, is that how Randy would have misbehaved” was the comment one of the senior government official. Certainly, Randy is not happy that his NPP is no longer in power for him to be benefitting waa waaa from state largesse hence his disdainful conduct towards President Atta Mills in South Africa.

For all you k now, people like Randy Abbey were praying for the Black Stars to lose so that the loss will be blamed on the presence of President Atta Mills. But since God is not an NPP man, the Stars won their opening match, with the President in the stands cheering them on. It would be recalled that when then Candidate Atta Mills wanted to present some items to the Black Stars for qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, the self same Randy Abbey spearheaded a group within the FA who were hell-bent on preventing the NDC leader from making his token presentation.

Thankfully, Kwesi Nyantakyi used his veto and was present personally at the GFA headquarters to receive the items on behalf of the Black Stars. Very soon the tenure of the Nyantakyi led GFA will come to an end and we will see where arrogant and disrespectful Randy Abbey will draw his powers from to have the audacity to openly show antagonism towards John Evans Atta Mills.