MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa Criticizes Sports Minister for Lack of Financial Accountability in 2023 African Games Expenditure
North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa criticizes Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif for failing to provide financial details in his report on the 2023 African Games expenditure, calling for full accounting and transparency.
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has slammed Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif for “pussyfooting” over the expenditure for the 2023 African Games held in Ghana.
Ussif presented a report on Tuesday, June 25, for the continental event hosted by Ghana in March, without including the financial details.
The minority expressed concern and demanded “full accounting,” claiming that the Sports Ministry has overspent, including $48 million on “operational expenses.”
“I took on the Sports Minister when he came to present what was just pros about how many medals we have won and all of that. That is not what Parliament is established for; we are the keepers of the purse,” Ablakwa told JoySports.
“We are not going to allow the Sports Minister to get away with this. We asked the ranking member of the Sports Committee to file an urgent question. He’s filed that question, and the Sports Minister is pussyfooting.”
“This is the first time a Sports Minister in our Ghanaian Parliament has presented a report on a tournament without the financials. He just came to waste our time.”
Ghana won 69 medals at the competition, which was hosted on home soil for the first time in the country’s history.
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