The ministry claims that while GBC received $2.5 million directly, it instructed third parties to receive the remaining $1 million directly.
The ministry claims that while GBC received $2.5 million directly, it instructed third parties to receive the remaining $1 million directly.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports has stated that the total agreed amount was $3.6 million, with the understanding that the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) will engage the services of third companies to help them in implementing their duties for the 2023 All African Games in Accra.
Out of the entire sum of $3.6 million, $2.5 million was given to GBC directly on March 13, 2024, and May 22, 2024, in two installments of $1 million and 1.5 million, respectively.
A further $1 million was disbursed to third parties per GBC’s directions and in compliance with the terms of the agreement.
Mustapha Ussif, the Minister of Youth and Sports, revealed in Parliament on Monday that the government had paid GBC, the national broadcaster, more than $3 million to cover the 2023 African Games.
In response, GBC Director General Professor Alhassan Amin stated on Tuesday that the organisation had received a total of $105,000 from its coverage of the All African Games.
He said that nothing further had been given to GBC as benefits, other than the $105,000.
According to him, the $100,000 payment was made in order to support GBC’s decision to dedicate its GTV Sports Plus channel to the African Games.
“I believe that, as with many others, I was taken aback when the Minister of Youth and Sports revealed that GBC had received payments of over $3 million. I want to reassure the public and all Ghanaians that GBC received $105,000 in total benefits from the African Games. GBC received no further benefits. And we received that cash in exchange for dedicating a full 24-hour channel. We devoted the whole GTV Sports+ schedule to the All African Games and halted regular broadcasting.
