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A special aide to the Minister of Youth and Sports says it is �na�ve� for people to assume that the Ghana Football Association and the Ministry of Youth and Sports will �chop� Ghana�s $20m budget for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. �There is no way Ghana�s budget for the World Cup will be approved without there been transparency,� he said adding that, �That is not possible�. �There is no way any amount will be approved and the GFA will quote and un-quote, �go chop chop�. I think that is quiet na�ve thinking by some people that an amount will be approved and the GFA will �chop� the money. I mean that to me is quiet scandalous,� Ampofo Ankrah explained. Yaw Ampofo Ankrah has described as mischievous and assumptions allegations that the Ghana Football Association intends to embezzle the world cup money. �People are just being mischievous and being impatient,� he said in an interview with Radio XYZ. �Personally, because in 2006 and 2010 it was not a hidden budget, it�s open and everybody knows what went in, what came back there was no secret.� �If Ghana gets to the quarters, the semis or the finals, the money they make is it going back to the government or the GFA; these are the questions we should be asking�. Many Ghanaians have raised serious concerns about the amount of money the country will be spending at the four-week tournament but Yaw Ampofo Ankrah believes the budget will only be approved after it has gone through some thorough scrutiny. This comes only a week after the Minister of Youth and Sports Elvis Afriyie Ankrah had threatened to resign from politics after the 2016 general elections after allegations by a section of the Ghanaian media that the budget for the world cup is highly inflated.