The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Youth and Sports Committee and Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has raised fresh questions about the identities and employment status of four individuals who were reportedly introduced to the United States Embassy as employees of Ghana’s National Sports Authority (NSA).
According to Mr Assafuah, the development forms part of what he described as his ongoing disclosures concerning Ghana’s preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
In a statement shared on social media, the MP said that on March 18, 2026, the NSA formally introduced the four individuals to the US Embassy as bona fide employees of the Authority.
He said the individuals were presented to the Embassy with specific positions within the NSA.
However, Mr Assafuah claimed that the Embassy’s Fraud Prevention Unit subsequently raised concerns about the representations made and requested documentation to establish whether the four individuals were genuinely employees of the NSA.
“The Embassy’s Fraud Prevention Unit, however, raised concerns of possible fraudulent misrepresentation and requested employment letters to establish whether they were indeed bona fide NSA employees,” Mr Assafuah stated.
He further alleged that the individuals were unable to provide employment letters because, according to information available to him, they were not employees of the NSA.
The MP also claimed that the offices supposedly allocated to the individuals did not exist within the NSA’s organisational structure.
“They couldn’t provide employment letters because they weren’t staff of the NSA and the offices allocated for them didn’t exist in the NSA architecture,” he said.
Mr Assafuah did not, in the statement, identify the four individuals or disclose the specific positions they were allegedly presented as occupying.
He also did not provide copies of the correspondence between the NSA and the US Embassy or the employment records purportedly requested by the Embassy.
The claims, if independently substantiated, could raise questions about the processes used to identify and introduce officials involved in Ghana’s World Cup-related engagements, particularly where such representations are made to a foreign diplomatic mission.
The MP, who has recently been raising issues surrounding Ghana’s preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, indicated that the matter is not the end of his disclosures.
“Stay tuned for more,” he said, signalling that he intends to release additional information.
The allegations have not, in the statement available, been independently verified, and the identities of the four individuals and the NSA’s response to the claims remain unclear.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup was hosted jointly by the United States, Canada and Mexico, with Ghana which participated in the tournament after securing qualification.
By 1960news.com
