Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Ocquaye, has ordered for an immediate constitution of a special committee to investigate allegations of corruption against the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and some football officials.

According to Professor Ocquaye, Ghana’s constitution grants the legislature the power to investigate any person or institutions in the country and therefore deems it appropriate to initiate a probe into the content of the explosive documentary on the corruption in the Ghana football sector by ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislator Sampson Ahi raised the matter on the floor of the House on Thursday.

Supporting the motion was Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak who was a Former Minister of Sports stated that the development presents an opportunity to investigate and purge the GFA.

Reacting to the calls by members of the House for their intervention in the matter, the Speaker Professor Mike Ocquaye suggested that seven-member committee should be set up to deal with the matter.

He stated; “Parliament has the power to make laws to regulate professional, trade and business organisations. That is a very strong authority. If we have the power to regulate you, one of the criteria we are being told to look is whether you are acting democratically, and  if fraud or corruption is alleged, that cannot be democratic, for that matter we are entitled to look into that matter. And that is what our special committee does.

“Everyone knows we are in an era where we all agree that we are fighting corruption and parliament must be the authority that is most interested in view of its being representative body of the entire of Ghana. Since no person, body or institution can assume an immunity from parliamentary investigation, I ask that we form a special committee right now, we will quickly look at the matter and then we will show what recommendations we should make,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Ghana Football Association has given the assurance that there will be no cover-ups at the football organization following the revelations of ill-conduct by some officials in the investigative piece put together by journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.