We received $105K for African Games coverage, NOT $3 million – GBC Director General

The Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Prof. Amin Alhassan, has clarified that the media organization received $105,000, not the $3 million mentioned by Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif during his testimony to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

This clarification came in response to a question from Sam Nartey George, the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, regarding the payment status for coverage. Mustapha had claimed that the full payment had already been made.

“GBC was the official broadcaster for the 13th All African Games, and I can confirm that full payment has been made to GBC. I can’t remember the exact amount but I know that it is in the excess of $3 million,” he said.

But reacting to the comment, Prof. Alhassan refuted the claims made by the Minister in an interview on GTV.

“We facilitated payments to foreign third parties who came in to do the production and not for the benefit of GBC. GBC’s benefit, I repeat, $105,000 and that is what we got.”

Meanwhile, the Ministry is yet to react to the counter-response from GBC.