The Minority in Parliament says the US Embassy’s Fraud Prevention Unit flagged four applicants included in the National Sports Authority’s (NSA) visa arrangements for the 2026 FIFA World Cup over discrepancies concerning their alleged positions and links to the authority.
Ranking Member of Parliament’s Youth and Sports Committee Vincent Ekow Assafuah said the concerns were raised by the embassy on 18 March 2026.
According to Mr Assafuah, the four applicants – Ralph Egyir Quianoo, Belinda Tsey, Francis Frimpong Agyemang and Beryl Joycelyn Baabe Duut – were presented as an Operations Coordinator, Business Administrator, World Cup Coordinator and Research and Technology Officer respectively.
However, he said the Minority’s verification showed that none of the four positions existed within the NSA’s organisational structure.
The Minority said the embassy’s Fraud Prevention Unit subsequently requested employment letters or other documents to establish the applicants’ relationship with the NSA.
Mr Assafuah said the NSA responded on the same day with a letter confirming the appointments and travel support of the four individuals.
“This is perhaps the most critical point in the chronology. On 18 March 2026, the Fraud Prevention Unit of the United States Embassy identified discrepancies involving four applicants,” he said.
He added: “A foreign diplomatic mission’s Fraud Prevention Unit identified discrepancies. It sought evidence establishing whether the individuals were actually employed by the NSA.”
Mr Assafuah said the development raised questions about how the four applicants were presented to the US Embassy.
“The question had become: Who created the institutional identities under which these people were presented to a foreign government?” he asked.
The Minority is calling for an investigation to establish who prepared the list of applicants, who verified the information provided and who authorised its submission to the US Embassy.
The claims form part of wider scrutiny of Ghana’s arrangements for the 2026 World Cup, particularly the processes surrounding visa facilitation and travel arrangements for the tournament.
