Ghanian Football Association (GFA) president Kwesi Nyantakyi resigned on Friday just hours after world football governing body Fifa hit him with a 90-day suspension over corruption claims.
In a statement on the GFA website, Nyantakyi apologised “unreservedly” for “a series of errors of indiscretion” after Fifa launched an ethics investigation into his activities.
Nyantakyi was accused of soliciting bribes amounting to several million dollars.The football chief said “scammers” had “deceived me into thinking they were genuine persons interested in investing in our country”.
In a documentary he was accused of requesting $11 million from reporters posing as investors to secure government contracts.