One musician who has always been very supportive of the Ghana Black Stars teams over the years is Gospel Musician, Grace Ashie.
She has on several occasions composed various campaign songs for the team.
Some of which include CAN 2008 and World Cup 2014, both under the leadership of the embattled GFA President, Kwesi Nyantakyi.
One would however think that sll this while, she’s being paid for the songs.
But the Gospel musician has revealed that she was not paid a pesewa for the songs she composed for the Black Stars.
Grace Ashie, who is popularly called Obaa Yaa, was speaking in an interview with Mr. Handsome on GH Entertainment on Rainbow Radio 87.5 FM.
According to her, she used her own finances to produce all her campaign songs. She also added that she even hard to pay for travel expenses to support the national team during their participation at the previous world games.
The musician further expressed her happiness at the exposé by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, which she described as sad, disgraceful and disgusting.
“I was not scared about the Anas exposé because since 2006 till now, Kwesi Nyantakyi never paid me a coin for any of the songs I produced for the national team. I am daring the former GFA boss to deny or confirm my claims. The GFA did not pay me a penny. I always gave him my songs, he will play the songs but he will not pay me. He will only commend my efforts but never gave me a pesewa,” she said.
“The GFA never paid for any of my travel expenses. You can call him and find out for yourself. I was never paid. I was always going to the GFA but I was never paid a penny,” she added.
She however revealed that ‘’my love for the nation and her patriotic act led me to compose these songs’’despite not being paid.
Obaa Yaa further disclosed that, she used her own resources to pay all those she contracted to support her in the songs she composed.
She has also demanded for an audit into the activities of the GFA. This, according to her, is because she believes they budgeted for what she did but never received a pesewa from GFA.