Accra, April 12, GNA - President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has suspended Mr Pius Enam Hadzide, the Deputy Sports Minister from office with immediate effect.
The President has also suspended Mr Robert Sarfo Mensah, the acting Director General of the National Sports Authority.
A statement issued in the Jubilee House on Thursday and signed by Mr Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications at the Presidency, said the President took that decision following preliminary investigations conducted into the circumstances surrounding the arrest and deportation of 60 Ghanaians who attempted to enter Australia falsely in the on-going 21st Commonwealth Games.
The statement said Mr Ben Nunoo Mensah, the President of the Ghana Olympic Committee, the Board Chairman of the National Sports Authority, Kwadwo Baah Agyeman, and the Chef-de-Maison for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Mr Mohammed Sahnoon, have also been recalled from the games to assist in investigations currently being undertaken by the Criminal Investigations Department of the police Service.
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