Kwesi Nyantakyi has shed light on how he came close to succeeding Ahmad Ahmad as the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Kwesi Nyantakyi, has unequivocally hailed Abedi Pele as the greatest Ghanaian player of all time in a recent interview.
Former Ghana Football Association president, Kwesi Nyantakyi, has identified guiding the Black Stars to their first-ever World Cup qualification as the pinnacle of his achievements during his tenure.
Nyantakyi, the former owner of Wa All Stars, played a pivotal role in leading Ghana to the 2006 World Cup in Germany, where the team reached the Round of 16 after impressive performances against the Czech Republic and the United States in the group stage.
Reflecting on his time as the president of the football association, Nyantakyi considers the qualification for the 2006 World Cup as his greatest accomplishment.
Ghana continued to participate in subsequent global tournaments in 2010 and 2014 in South Africa and Brazil, respectively, under Nyantakyi's leadership.
“Qualifying for the World Cup in Germany was my greatest achievement,” he said in an interview with Bola Ray on Starr FM in Accra.
Despite his successes, Nyantakyi faced challenges and ultimately resigned from his positions at the GFA and CAF, receiving a subsequent ban from FIFA following the release of the investigative documentary "Number 12" by Anas Aremeyaw Anas in 2018.
Former Ghana Football Association President, Kwesi Nyantakyi, unequivocally rejects the widespread false claim that he asserted having Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo in his pocket.
Addressing the issue on Starr Chart with Bola Ray, Nyantakyi labels it propaganda intended to tarnish his reputation and undermine his political aspirations.
"I never said that," Nyantakyi states, challenging investigative journalist Anas Armeyaw Anas to produce evidence of such a statement.
He expresses his dismay at the disrespectful cartoons depicting him reduced to a spider with Nana Akufo-Addo's figure in his pocket.
"Ask Anas Armeyaw Anas to produce a tape where I said that. How could I have ever said that? I never ever said that but I saw cartoons of Kwesi Nyantakyi reduced into spider with Nana Akufo-Addo's protruding in my pocket. It was very disrespectful."
Nyantakyi resigned from his roles at the FA and CAF and later received a ban from FIFA following the 2018 documentary.
While admitting to engaging in business discussions with a group posing as investors, he clarifies that the focus was on potential investments, particularly a $2 billion refinery project in Ghana.
“I said that I am a Ghanaian, I know politicians and once they want to invest I can lead them to these politicians and I don't think there was anything bad about that," he continued.
"These are people who falsely represented themselves as large business conglomerates and that they could be a refinery in Ghana, which cost over $2 billion and that is how it all came about."
The 2023/24 Ashanti Regional Inter-Schools and Colleges Boys Soccer Championship finally got underway this morning at the Baba Yara Stadium with some mouthwatering games
that came with both expected and surprising outcomes.
The Black Stars of Ghana stand at a crucial crossroads, commencing a journey of redemption in the 2023 Afcon hosted by Ivory Coast, seeking to bounce back from a lackluster performance in the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) held in Cameroon.
