Questions over the ownership and possible sale of parts of the Ghana Football Association’s (GFA) 100-acre property at Prampram have prompted a strong response from former president Kwesi Nyantakyi.
The land is home to the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence, but claims that sections of the site were sold have raised concerns about the validity of the lease covering the property.
Nyantakyi rejected suggestions that any part of the land was sold to members of his former administration. His comments follow reported assertions by GFA Communications Director Henry Asante Twum that portions of the property had been sold.
In a statement setting out the history of the land, Nyantakyi called on anyone making such claims to provide evidence and explain the circumstances of the alleged transactions.
“If that assertion was made, the public deserves clarification: which portions were sold, by whom, to whom, under what authority, and with what supporting documentation?” he stated.
He was particularly clear in addressing allegations that members of the former GFA Executive Committee had acquired parts of the property.
“I wish to state unequivocally that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, no portion of the land was sold to any member of that Executive Committee,” Nyantakyi added.
History of the Prampram property
Nyantakyi said the 100-acre site was acquired for the GFA in 2001, before a lease was executed by the chiefs and elders of Prampram in 2002.
The lease was later submitted to FIFA as part of the association’s application for funding through the first FIFA GOAL Project.
The property subsequently became involved in a legal dispute when a later traditional authority sought the return of the lease so it could be cancelled and re-issued. The case eventually reached the High Court in Tema.
Several development projects have been completed at the site over the years. These include a residential complex, a multipurpose hall, a classroom block, an artificial turf pitch with floodlights and a natural-grass football pitch.
Nyantakyi said any claim that parts of the land had been sold should be supported by verifiable documentation rather than speculation.
He also argued that the decision by a later GFA administration to pursue a new lease in 2019 did not, on its own, establish that the original lease was invalid.
The dispute therefore centres on both the status of the original lease and the evidence behind claims that sections of the Prampram property changed hands. Nyantakyi has denied that any member of the former Executive Committee bought land there and is seeking clarity over who authorised any alleged sales, as well as the documentation supporting them.
