From Franklin Cudjoe to GFA – “Corrupt jokers!’’

Amidst ongoing public outcry on issues with the budget presented by the Ghana Football Association to the government, Mr Frnaklin Cudjoe, Head of Imani Ghana, a policy think tank, has spurt his anger at Ghana’s soccer management team. On his facebook page, Mr Cudjoe implied that, its only a matter of “creative accounting” for one to know that, the soccer managers of the country’s national team “will earn more money than the players..”

He went on to say that various provisions in the world cup budget would be taken care of by FIFA and shouldn't have been captured in the budget. He gave examples that the $150,000 for management protocol is questionable because FIFA will take care of all protocol. Also the $30,000 for laundry will be taken care by FIFA.

Regardless of how Mr Cudjoe feels, other sports pundit like Randy Abbey backs the world cup budget for black stars in Brazil as reported by myjoyonline.

The budget was initially rumored at whopping $20M. But a recent BBC story on the black stars reported that, Ghana would go into the World Cup finals in Brazil with less than half the budget they had for the tournament in South Africa four years ago. The approved budget confirmed by the GFA is $9.8M.