Ghana President John Mahama has confirmed that the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and its top officials are contesting the findings of the Dzamefe Commission's report in court on many fronts including bias, unfairness and injustice.
This comes after GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi revealed last month on Happy FM that the federation has launched a legal challenge at the Court of Appeal following the ruling and white paper on the investigation into Ghana's participation at the 2014 World Cup.
Nyantakyi, his vice-president George Afriyie, Felix Ansong and ex-General Secretary Emmanuel Gyimah have all filed appeals against the ruling that affected them, citing them for wrongdoing.
President Mahama confirmed the legal challenge to the ruling during the State of the Nations address on Thursday, revealing that the legal action is delaying the implementation of the report.
"The government is dedicated to World Cup Commission Report despite legal hurdles ahead,” President Mahama said when commenting about the report into the tournament in Brazil.
The Dzamefe Commission's report now faces an impartial scrutiny as suspicion still linger within the GFA that it was set up to target its top officials.
While the commission and those close to government insist that it has done a good by investigating the World Cup humiliation, those associated with the GFA insist the key issues which will implicate government were swept under the carpet while vulnerable officials of the federation were targeted in a massive cover-up.
The GFA has twice appeared before the court to challenge findings that Nyantakyi should refund $412,000 when he was not questioned by the Commission during his three-day appearance yet the body ruled on the matter, claiming injustice.
The ruling by the Commission to have the GFA subjected to forensic audit over $1.5m, $2m and $350,000 as monies from FIFA and friendlies are also being contested before the courts.
The fears that some parts of the ruling by the Dzamefe Commission have been smuggled in has led to the lawyer of the GFA, Teddy Sory, to call for the Record of Proceedings of the Commission of Inquiry which will be used to forge the GFA's argument before the Court of Appeal.
The GFA will not open its argument until the full record of proceedings are secured to ensure concrete evidence is produced before the court.
The Commission's report has been accused and condemned by many including opposition politicians as one-sided as the report failed to reveal why the money to the players was not paid on the several dates the government promised the players which led to the chaos in camp.
The person who was responsible was also not identified in the Commission's report which feeds into the belief that the GFA was made the scapegoat.
The late payment of the money and how it was flown to Brazil should have been at the heart of the investigation as both issues were the key things that brought Ghana the disgrace.