Speaking to Onua TV, Nyantakyi mentioned he was performed with sports activities and was now aiming to serve in public workplace.
He additionally revealed that he would readily settle for to grow to be Sports Minister if the subsequent NPP authorities supplied it to him.
Nyantakyi served as GFA president for 13 years, earlier than a documentary on corruption by undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas led to his resignation in 2018.
The former soccer administrator just lately hinted at contesting for the vacant Ejisu parliamentary seat and has now revealed that he would settle for to grow to be Sports Minister below the subsequent NPP authorities.
“If NPP comes and they make me a Sports Minister, I may consider it but if the NDC comes and they consider me, it will be difficult,” Nyantaktyi informed Onua TV.
On vying for public workplace, he added: “Politics is the last word. In all we do…you want political steerage. I’ve excelled in Sports. You cannot point out three or 4 people who find themselves well-known in sports activities in Ghana with out including me. I’ve reached the top of my profession in sports activities.
“Apart from Ohene Djan, no one has ever reached where I did in sports. No Ghanaian has served on the FIFA Council. I was the second person after Ohene Djan in the 1960s.”
It will probably be recalled that, in 2018, Nyantakyi was captured in Anas’ ‘Number 12’ exposé allegedly taking money items and peddling affect.
This led to him resigning as GFA President, in addition to shedding his positions as FIFA Council Member and 1st Vice President of CAF.
Nyantakyi was subsequently handed a lifetime ban and fined 500,000 Swiss Francs by FIFA within the aftermath of the exposé.
He was additionally charged with conspiracy to commit fraud, and corruption by a public officer, however was later granted bail with some sureties.
Although his lifetime ban was subsequently lowered to fifteen years following an enchantment to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), Nyantakyi’s status took a serious hit.