Bechem United Chief Executive Officer, Nana Kwesi Darling says the ineffectiveness of the Normalization Committee in the discharge its core mandate and the lackadaisical approach in running football in the country has made them miss the era of former Ghana Football Association capo Kwesi Nyanteyi.
Lamenting on the current state of sluggish football in the country in an interview with Esther Abankwa on Angel TV , he observed that the despite the fact that some of them didn’t like some of the things the former president was doing, and were constantly hammering on corruption, Kwesi Nyantekyi was very diligent with his work.
“In fact, with what this NC is doing, they have made us (football people) miss Kwesi Nyantekyi. Although some of us fought Kwesi Nyantekyi while hammering on some issues of corruption, this NC is allowing Ghana Football to take a nose- dive,” he said.
He further revealed that the inactive state of football in the country has also made most of the players to retire from football.
The former FIFA Council member was found guilty after being filmed by an investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas in a hotel room allegedly taking a $65,000 bribe from a supposed businessman.
FIFA adjudicatory chamber found Nyantakyi “guilty of having violated art. 19 (Conflicts of interest), art. 21 (Bribery and corruption) and art. 22 (Commission) of the FIFA Code of Ethics, 2012 edition.”
He was also fined 500,000 Swiss Francs ($498,000).
