{"id":9636,"date":"2018-04-04T23:19:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T05:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9636"},"modified":"2018-04-04T23:51:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T05:51:25","slug":"australia-govt-deports-50-fake-ghanaian-journalists","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/australia-govt-deports-50-fake-ghanaian-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia govt deports 50 &#8220;fake&#8221;\u00a0Ghanaian Journalists that got visa for Commonwealth Games\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"lx-stream-post__header gs-o-media\">\n<div class=\"gs-o-media__body\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"lx-stream-post__header-title gel-great-primer-bold\"><strong><span class=\"lx-stream-post__header-text\">Ghana&#8217;s &#8216;fake journalists caught out by sports questions&#8217;<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post__contributor gs-o-media\">\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post__contributor-img gs-o-media__img lx-stream-post__contributor-img--internal\">The more than 50 Ghanaians who tried to gain entry to Australia under the guise of covering the Commonwealth Games as journalists were caught out when they were unable to answer questions about sport.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post__body gel-body-copy\">\n<div class=\"lx-rta \">\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post-body\">\n<p>The deportees, although in possession of genuine traveling documents, were arrested and detained after they failed to answer the sports-related questions which they should ordinarily be familiar with.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s Deputy Sports Minister, Pious Enam Hadidze, says an investigation has been opened into the development.<\/p>\n<p>However, he denied the ministry had anything to do with helping them get the visas in the first place &#8211; which <b>Africa Live<\/b> reported earlier<\/p>\n<p>The denial came after one of the deportees told Ghana-based radio station, Atinka FM, that officials of the Ghana Olympics Sports Committee and the Ministry of Sports were paid between $2,000 and $5,000 (\u00a31,400 &#8211; \u00a33,550) to have their visas processed as journalists for the Games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post__body gel-body-copy\">\n<div class=\"lx-rta \">\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post-body\">\n<figure class=\"lx-stream-post-body__media-asset lx-media-asset lx-media-asset--image lx-media-asset--landscape\">\n<div class=\"lx-media-asset__body\">\n<div class=\"lx-media-asset__image gs-o-responsive-image js-responsive-image qa-responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"qa-lazyload-image lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Two dancers jump next to a Commonwealth Games sign\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"lx-media-asset__copyright gel-minion\">AFP<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"lx-media-asset__caption gel-brevier\">The Ghanaians said they were journalists due to cover the Commonwealth Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Ghana&#8217;s sports ministry has denied it had anything to do with 50 allegedly fake journalists getting visas for the Commonwealth Games.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Pius Enam Hadzide, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphic.com.gh\/sports\/sports-news\/sports-ministry-denies-visa-fraud-allegations.html\">news site Graphic<\/a> it would be launching a probe &#8211; but the visas were not awarded by his department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did not sponsor journalists, we didn\u2019t sponsor supporters, we didn\u2019t sponsor anybody to the Commonwealth Games, we didn\u2019t handle accreditation and for international tournaments, the ministry doesn\u2019t handle accreditation,\u201d he told the Ghanaian outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The denial comes after it was reported about 50 people, claiming to be journalists, had arrived in Australia, ostensibly to cover the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian authorities, however, suspected they were not genuine.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hadidze told <a href=\"http:\/\/starrfmonline.com\/2018\/04\/03\/commonwealth-games-50-ghanaian-journalists-deported\/\">Ghana&#8217;s StarrFM Online<\/a> Australian authorities are &#8220;not convinced that some of the Ghanaians who purport to go and cover the commonwealth games intend to return to Ghana after the games\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post-body\">\n<p>BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana&#8217;s &#8216;fake journalists caught out by sports questions&#8217; The more than 50 Ghanaians who tried to gain entry to Australia under the guise of covering the Commonwealth Games as journalists were caught out when they were unable to answer questions about sport. 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