[ 2014-09-08 ]

World Cup Commission: Kojo Adu Asare admits to negligence
Chairman of the Protocol and Welfare subcommittee
for Ghana's World Cup campaign Kojo Adu Asare has
admitted that the committee did not follow due
diligence before selecting Africa Origin, Kenpong
and Travel Matters to airlift fans to Brazil.

He said this Monday, when he appeared before the
Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Ghana's
World Cup campaign.

Mr Asare admitted that the three travel and tour
agencies were chosen based on their unique
strengths and that the only mode of communication
between them was verbal, nothing was documented.

“We didn't give them written responses, we
called representatives and owners of the various
companies and scheduled appointments for them to
meet with us”.

But when questioned whether it was the right
method in choosing the companies, he aknowlegded
the subcommittee could have done a better job at
selecting the companies but added, that the three
companies individually did not have what they
needed and that was why they were put together.

He said some of the proposals were also sent in by
the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Ghana's poor performance at the 2014 FIFA World
Cup in Brazil prompted the Sports Ministry to set
up a three member committee to investigate issues
of player indiscipline and poor decisions taken by
the management team, as well as general poor
performance of the team.

But president John Mahama later upgraded the
committee into a Commission of Inquiry.

So far, Ministry of Finance, Foreign Affairs,
Ministry of Youth and Sports, Bank of Ghana,
Former Sports Minister Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, Fred
Darko and Kenpong Travel and Tours.

The rest are Travel Matters, African Origin and
Sports Tourism, Bammed Travel and Tours, Elizabeth
Ofosu Agyari, Kojo Adu Asare and Akah Anthony.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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