The amount paid for the coverage of the 2023 African Games has caused a major disagreement between the Sports Ministry and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).
According to Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif, GBC received almost $3 million from the government in exchange for serving as the official Games broadcaster.
“Yes, GBC served as the official broadcaster for the 13th All African Games, and I can attest to the fact that GBC has received full remuneration for its services. Ussif remarked, “I am not sure how much exactly it is, but I know it is more than $3 million.
Prof. Amin Alhassan, Director-General of GBC, has strongly refuted this, claiming that the broadcaster was paid a total of $105,000 for the coverage.
“I want to state that GBC’s total benefit from the African Games was $105,000. Nothing more was paid to GBC,” Prof. Alhassan said on Uniq FM.
The discrepancy in the numbers has spurred discussion in the public and raised issues with how public money are managed.
The GBC has made it clear that the money received was applied to expenses incurred as a result of normal programming being suspended in order to accommodate coverage of the Games.
This occurrence calls into question the transparency of government spending and shows a possible misinterpretation or error in financial reporting.
