Executive Council member, Frederick Acheampong says ongoing upgrade works at the offices of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) is informed by an advice that the Secretariat was bugged.
According to him, the Normalization Committee (NC) relayed the information to the Executive Council (ExCo) upon their assumption of office hence the decision to renovate and paint specific offices of the GFA Secretariat.
The move by the new GFA administration has been labelled in some quarters as one of satisfying wants more than needs at a time the federation is cash-strapped. A case, in particular, is the painting of the Secretariat which was done by the NC in October 2018 – four months after the facility was closed down as a result of the Anas exposé.
“We (ExCo) were advised by the NC that the FA boardroom where meetings are held has been bugged. Dr Kofi Amoah never used the FA offices for meetings but his residence and private office were used. He even held meetings with FIFA’s delegation at his own house. He informed us that meetings are leaked whiles ongoing due to secret recording devices implanted in the offices.
“Dr Amoah stopped using the FA President’s office for meetings and directed all meetings to his house or office when he was the head of the association. This was the reason why the ceiling and tiling at the office had to be replaced with a survey from security experts to identify the installed devices but nothing was seen,” Acheampong stated on Kessben FM.
He continued: “It is unclear who planted the device, but it is turning out that it had been done in order to record the association’s meetings and other activities. In order to cease leakage of information from meetings, action had to be taken to tighten security and safeguard sensitive information of the FA.
“Now the FA President and General Secretary offices are being renovated at the moment with facilities that can disable any form of recording device or phone. There is now a biometric security entry that allows access for only registered staff thumbprints to the floor of the FA President and General Secretary offices. It is now mandatory for all visits to the FA President’s office be without mobile phones.”
