World Cup visa scandal: I’ll go after anyone who dents Mahama’s gov’t – Ernest Norgbey

Ernest Norgbey, chairman of Parliament’s Youth and Sports Committee, has vowed to hold accountable anyone involved in the alleged wrongdoing surrounding Ghana’s 2026 World Cup travel arrangements. On Joy FM’s Top Story, Norgbey stated that he would pursue anyone whose actions could tarnish the government’s credibility, irrespective of their standing or association with him.

“I will go after any individual who will try to perpetrate any crime or anything that will give a dent to this government. I will go after anybody, whether my minister or anybody, a friend or anybody,” he declared. The Minority in Parliament has raised several allegations regarding the mishandling of World Cup-related visa and travel procedures, demanding the immediate resignation and prosecution of Sports and Recreation Minister Kofi Eddie Adams and Chief Executive of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) over their suspected involvement in the 2026 FIFA World Cup visa scandal.

Norgbey emphasized that these claims are merely allegations and require thorough investigations. He expressed concern that the matter was being extensively discussed in the public sphere while the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is independently probing the issue. “If an individual has committed a crime, visa recipient, etc., and the investigative authorities are handling the matter, politicians should be taken away out of this matter,” Norgbey urged, cautioning against politicians encroaching on the investigative process, lest it devolves into political propaganda.