The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has revealed to JoySports that one of the containers that delivered one of the nine buses procured by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for Division One League clubs contained over 30 mattresses, bringing the total expenditure to GHC 356,380.33.
It is not immediately known to JoySports whether the mattresses were intended for the revamped Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence or for another purpose.
It is not also known to JoySports whether the other eight containers that delivered the buses had mattresses or other items.
Last week, JoySports reported that some of the buses imported by the football governing body for GHC 5,175,000 and cleared by Freightgistics Ghana Company Ltd. had yet to be registered due to the unavailability of documentation, according to some clubs.
The report indicated that the “used Hyundai County bus” arrived with other items in the container, which could not be readily identified.
It has now emerged that these additional imported goods were medium-sized and student mattresses.
JoySports’ Muftawu Nabila Abdulai had written to the GRA requesting details of the container’s contents. However, the response was received after the story had been published, so these details were not incorporated into the initial report.
The GRA explained that the container, which delivered the used Hyundai County bus (black matte), contained 25 packs of medium-sized mattresses and 15 packs of student mattresses.
In total, the Ghana FA imported 40 mattresses in that specific container.
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The cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) value of the bus was GHC 212,783.08, while the 25 medium-sized mattresses were valued at GHC 32,597.50, and the 15 packs of student mattresses at GHC 14,027.29.
As stated in the March 4, 2025, publication, the total duty on the bus was GHC 72,116.10.
Regarding the mattresses, per the GRA’s breakdown, the duty on the 25 medium-sized mattresses was GHC 17,000.86, while the duty on the 15 student mattresses was GHC 7,311.63.
“[Meanwhile]… the total duty on the container’s contents amounts to GHC 96,972.46.”
The total amount spent on the container, including the CIF value and duty, is GHC 356,380.33.
