After completely stating he won't be competing in the next GFA elections, Fred Pappoe strongly believes all elections in the country involves money and gifts and even extended it to those that happens at sacred places like Churches.
The former GFA vice president amassed only six votes in the last election and has vowed not to continue this time
It was current president Kurt Okraku who emerged victorious in the end, despite facing a tougher opposition from other two aspirants George Afriyie and Nana Yaw Amponsah.
Speaking to Joy FM in Accra, the experience football administrator has admitted going in for an elections involves lots of money and sees no reason to influence people before he gets elected. He said;
“I think all elections in Ghana are monetised, sadly. You can hardly think of any elections in Ghana that are not monetised,"
“I am sure even in churches. All elections are monetised in one way or the other or materialised. If they don’t give you money, there might be some material exchange or some expectation of material or financial after or in case your candidacy succeeds,”
“The financial, there were way too many people who came up with all manner of gifts and support for my campaign so the financing was not a problem,"
“So it was not the matter of me not having money, it’s a matter of me deciding to spend my money that way,”
“I could have used the money to do that [influence delegates to vote for me], but I didn’t see any reason to spend my money on anybody,”
“I have no regrets that I got six votes at all,” he says.” I am a freer person now, but my junior brother and good friend, Kurt [Okraku] is carrying the pressure."
The next GFA elections is scheduled for November 2023.
