Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) Vice President George Afriyie is demanding answers about the mysterious origins of the GH¢1 million financial package promised to each Ghana Premier League club for the upcoming season.
GFA President Kurt Okraku announced the financial support during the Association’s 32nd Ordinary Congress at the Ghanaman Soccer Center of Excellence in Prampram on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
The announcement follows a similar financial package provided to clubs last season, which was funded by the government through the Adesa Productions Limited (APL) broadcast agreement.
Yet Afriyie insists that club administrators missed a crucial opportunity by not pressing for clear details about where this season’s funding would come from before embracing the announcement.
On Sporty Breakfast, the former GFA vice president voiced his worry that club representatives overlooked their duty to thoroughly examine the Association’s financial documents before Congress.
“I am worried that club administrators failed to scrutinize the GFA’s documents before attending Congress,” Afriyie said.
“If the GFA president says he’s going to give each club GH¢1 million, the first question I expect Hearts and Kotoko to ask is, where is the money coming from?” he added.
Afriyie further questioned whether the government is actually footing the bill for this latest financial package and, if so, wondered why the GFA has remained silent about the government’s role.
“If the GH¢1 million to each club is coming from government, then why is the GFA not giving the government credit?” he questioned.
Afriyie argues that the Association still owes the sporting public a clear explanation about where the money is coming from.
“As of today, the GFA has failed to tell the sporting public where the money came from. In Kurt Okraku’s manifesto, he says transparency is key, but today we sit here, and we don’t know where the money is coming from,” he said.
Afriyie’s remarks have intensified the growing demand for transparency from the GFA about the funding package, just as Premier League clubs gear up for the new season.
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