Black Stars defender John Boye has lamented the simmering bribery and corruption which is affecting the development of football in the country.
Football activities was brought to a standstill after the airing of the ‘Number 12’ documentary in June last year which exposed several rots in the beautiful game.
The investigate piece which was carried out by ace journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas showed top officials of the Ghana FA allegedly soliciting bribes worth millions of dollars.
“There is corruption in Ghana football which badly affected our Local game, so after the investigations, the referees and officials will be very careful in their dealings now. When it happens like that, everybody will be alert of who is doing wrong or good,” Boye said in an interview with UTV.
This is the first time a Black Stars player has openly spoken about Anas investigations into Ghana football which got a lot of high-profile officials
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