GBC received only $105K for African Games, not $3m- Director General

The revelation by the Sports Minister, Mustapha Ussif to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that $3m was paid to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).

The Director-General of the GBC while reacting to the payment amount indicated that his outfit recieved $105,000 and not $3,000,000 as reported by the Sports Minister, Mustapha Ussif.

The question arising is where is the outstanding amount=$3,000,000−$105,000=$2,895,000. The amount received by the public broadcaster is approximately 96.5% less than the full amount.

Responding to a query from Sam Nartey George, Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, about the payment status for coverage, Mustapha had stated that full payment had been made.

“GBC was the official broadcaster for the 13th All African Games, and I can confirm that full payment has been made to GBC. I can’t remember the exact amount but I know that it is in the excess of $3 million,” he said.

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But reacting to the comment, Prof. Alhassan refuted the claims made by the Minister in an interview on GTV.

“We facilitated payments to foreign third parties who came in to do the production and not for the benefit of GBC. GBC’s benefit, I repeat, $105,000 and that is what we got.”

Meanwhile, the Ministry is yet to react to the counter-response from GBC.

Ghanaians have been reacting to the revelations with many calling for the Ministry and its leadership to opening diclosed who recieved the reaming 96.5% of the outstanding funding for the games.

Yet to be accounted for All African Games money calculations below