The Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Hon. Pius Enam Hadzide and Acting Director for National Sports Authority Robert Sarfo Mensah, have been suspended by President Nana Akuffo Addo following investigations leading to 60 Ghanaians who had allegedly enter Australia by false pretenses as journalists to cover the ongoing Commonwealth Games.
In a press release from the Communications Directorate from the Presidency. The statement indicated that the decision was taken following preliminary investigations conducted into the circumstances that led to the arrest of some sixty Ghanaians who had allegedly entered Australia by false pretenses, in the ongoing 21st Commonwealth Games.
The President of the Ghana Olympic Committee,Mr. Ben Nunoo Mensah, the Board chairman of the National Sports Authority, Hon. Kwadwo Baah Agyemang and the Chef-de-Mission for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Mr. Mohammed Sahnoon, have also been recalled from the Games to assist investigations currently being undertaken by the Criminal Investigations Department [CID] of the Ghana Police Service.
