The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate dismissal of the Minister of Sports, Kofi Iddie Adams and Ghana Tourism Authority CEO, Maame Afua Houadjeto, over the alleged 2026 World Cup visa scandal.
The caucus insists the dismissal of the Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Yaw Ampofo Ankrah, alone, is not enough to ensure accountability.
Addressing the media at a press conference in Parliament on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, MP for Old Tafo and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Youth and Sports Committee, said President John Dramani Mahama acted after the Minority’s earlier call, but the matter goes beyond one individual.
According to him, documents and records in the possession of the Minority point to a chain of institutional involvement extending beyond the former NSA boss to include the Ghana Tourism Authority, TRIBE Culture Fest and officials within the Ministry of Sports and Recreation.
“The dismissal of Yaw Ampofo Ankrah does not, by itself, resolve the issues before us. Accountability cannot and does not end with one individual,” he stated.
He said what has been put before the public goes beyond ordinary visa applications but concerns the alleged use of the names, authority and credibility of Ghanaian public institutions in dealings with foreign diplomatic missions.
Assafuah alleged that individuals were presented as employees, personnel, volunteers or affiliates of public institutions when verification indicates many were not, with positions being attributed to individuals which did not exist within the organisational structure of the National Sports Authority.
He said the Minister’s role requires particular scrutiny because after the NSA wrote to the Ministry on March 19, 2026, requesting assistance in relation to World Cup-related visa arrangements and attached a list of 90 names, the Ministry subsequently wrote to the United States Embassy on May 28, 2026, transmitting an expanded list of about 92 names.
“What was the interest of Honourable Kofi Adams in directing Madam Wilhelmina Asamoah, the then Chief Director, to sign an introductory letter that includes names of persons who were not NSA staff, personnel or volunteers?” he asked.
On the GTA, Assafuah alleged that the Authority submitted a list of 50 persons to the US Embassy as media personnel, but verification by the Embassy’s Fraud Prevention Unit showed only two, Philip Narh and Andy Dosty, both associated with Multimedia, were media practitioners.
He further alleged that many of the persons on the GTA list had paid between US$8,000 and US$9,000 to the Chief Executive Officer of the GTA, Maame Efua Houadjeto, in connection with the World Cup arrangements.
Assafuah said where evidence establishes administrative misconduct, officials must be dismissed, and where it establishes criminal offence, prosecution must follow without fear or favour.
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