Dr. Kofi Amoah clear the air on US$100,000 scandal over the Ghana Football Association and Globacom deal

Former Chairman of the Normalization Committee Dr. Kofi Amoah has finally broken the silence on his side of telecommunications giants Globacom and the Ghana Football Association sponsorship deal paid during his tenure at the helms of affairs with the Football Association

Reports in the media claimed Dr. Kofi Amoah handed the Football Association US$ 900,000 instead of $1m US Dollars paid by the telecommunications service providers

Dr. Kofi Amoah in a bid to clear himself of any wrong doing explained that $100.000 of the total sum paid was paid to the lawyer (Davis and Davis) by him

Further stating that 10% of the money paid which is $100,000 was used to cater for the legal charges of the Lawyer the then Football administration, Normalisation Committee engaged to pursue payment from Globacom Ghana

“GFA won an arbitration against GLO and the award was, Millions of dollars with interest and this award was given in August 2017, way before we(NC) came to office.”

“The arbitration award was very clearthe money involved was $4.6m plus interest which is about $3m, so the whole thing was almost $8m and we realized that nobody was making effort to collect the money and we decided to push and collect it.

“So after engaging in meetings with the Glo Representatives, which was back and forth and we realized that, that gentleman approach was not going to work because all their(GLO) promises was not coming.” He told Atinka Fm.

“So the lawyer proposed that he was going to go to court and went ahead to reduce the award into a judgement so we can attached their assets”

“The court granted the motion then GLO came in and pay the $1m and this payment was paid to the lawyer and the lawyer called me and at that time the GFA President was in Egypt with the Mateors, so I called him on phone and told him I had a good news for him so when he comes we should get together”

Dr. Kofi Amoah also made it known he informed the Ghana Football Association President about the contract between the Football Association/Normalization Committee and the lawyer regarding the 10% payment to the lawyer

“I also inform Mr Okraku that, the contract between the GFA/NC and the lawyer(Davis and Davis) was that if he succeeded in collecting any money he will get 10%.”

“I even ask other lawyers about Ghana Bar Association fee schedule for different services
And for money collection, that is if you engage a lawyer to collect money for you the fee is between 10% to 25%
So the bottom line is that, we engaged a law firm to provide certain services and after providing the service they’ve been paid”

The GFA on Thursday announced that Globacom Ghana, has paid an amount of USD 900, 000 as arbitration settlement to the association for the unilateral abrogation of a sponsorship contract that existed between the two parties