[ 2014-12-15 ]

Mahama: Airlifting $3m to Black Stars was bad for Ghana’s image
President John Mahama has admitted that the
controversial airlifting of 3 million dollars by
his government to pay bonuses of agitating Black
Stars players during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
“didn’t do us any good service”.

He said he is hopeful that the Dzamefe Commission,
which is investigating the circumstances that
occasioned the scenario will come up with
appropriate measures to prevent a future
occurrence of the incident.

“Ghana is a very well respected footballing
country, we have a very good team and we’ve had
very good football administrators, but I think
that this [airlifting of money], didn’t do us
any good service,” Mahama told Aljazeera in an
interview shown on Sunday.

He added: “I think that with the current
commission that is sitting - it's led by a very
respected judge - and I’m sure that they are
going to come out with all the facts so that we
learn the lessons from that and so that we don’t
repeat the situation”.

Government airlifted the money to pay the
appearance fee of the Black Stars after the team
threatened to boycott their match against
Portugal.

The team subsequently lost the match resulting in
their elimination from the tournament, even after
receiving the money.

The development caught the attention of the world/
Already a Hollywood movie director is adapting on
screen, what has been described as an
"embarrassing" moment for Ghana.

Commenting on the movie, the President said
although he doubts he will be portrayed in the
movie, he would not mind if American movie star
Denzel Washington, played the presidential
character.

Source - Starrfmonline

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