Ranking member of Parliament's Youth, Sports, and Culture Committee, Kobena Woyome, has pointed out inconsistencies in the reported expenditures for feeding athletes during the 2023 African Games.

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Woyome revealed that participating nations were charged $80 per athlete per day by the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for both accommodation and meals.

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He emphasised that these daily fees were paid directly to the LOC.

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"What is staggering, which I think I haven't mentioned in the previous interview, is that the participating countries that were housed paid almost $80 per person daily for food and accommodation. Yeah, they paid to the LOC," he told JoySports.

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The aforementioned amount contradicts a gigantic $15 million, which was said to have been spent on feeding athletes at the Games in a report submitted to the committee.

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Woyome could not comprehend the expenditure on feeding athletes at the Games and thus stated that the committee is looking to investigate.

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"So if all these monies were paid, then why do you have to spend $15 million for almost the same thing? We are not too sure, and there are things that we are not clear about, so we will go into this matter."

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Kobena Woyome's revelation added to the African Games broadcasting rights saga, where an account given by the Sports Minister suggested that the ministry paid in excess of $3 million to GBC for the coverage of the 13th African Games.

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However, GBC's Director-General, Professor Amin Alhassan, denied receiving the said amount and clarified that the state broadcaster earned $105,000.

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