Blame Club Administrators For Bribery In Ghana Football – Referee

An unnamed class one referee has given the clearest indication that club administrators are to be blamed for the bribery and corruption in Ghana football.

According to him, after PLB have appointed referees to officiate matches, various club administrators contact them to favour them.

The referee who spoke to Accra based Asempa FM without disclosing his identity disclosed that club owners approach them with large sums of money to ensure their teams win by any means necessary.

He further revealed that these club administrators pay as much as GHC5000 just to get a referee to win a match for them and thus feel sad when the same people turn around to accuse them of being corrupt.

“These club administrators call us the minute we are named to officiate their matches and negotiate with us.

However, he revealed that Club heads sometimes incite their supporters against officials when they refuse to do their bidding.

“They inform their supporters when we refuse to officiate in their favour and some even attack us.

The referee also labelled Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom a hypocrite for slamming corruption one hand and contributing to it on another.

“Paa Kwesi Nduom paid the highest bribe in division one and paid as much as GHC6000 for matches to go in his favour and am surprised if he is talking about corruption now”.

“I have colleagues who take these monies from his club even now in the Premier League and he pays depending on the opponent he plays at a time," he added.