The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah has presented to Parliament the total amount of money spent by the Senior National Team, the Black Stars at the 2019 African Cup of Nations in Egypt.
According to the Minister, the state spent $4,564,532.00 during the competition.
There have been several reactions to this including that of Kwami Sefa Kayi, host of Peace FM's flagship morning show 'Kokrokoo'.
"...Black Stars is a cash cow for some people...Kwesi Nyantakyi has been vindicated....you are going into a tournament knowing fully well the eventual winner will take home $4.5m, yet you sit and prepare a budget over $6m; which is more than the prize money?...if it was your own money, would you spend it this way?...we were kicked out during the second round stage yet the country spent $4.5m, the amount of money we would have received had Ghana won the cup... it doesn't make sense....Understandably, if we had won the cup, the euphoria, prestige and glory would have been intangible. But seriously, you don't go and do this and think it is okay and i hear some people are justifying this by saying it was the same under Nyantakyi's era...are you out of your minds?!...This is Ghana oo," Sefa Kayi laments on Black Stars AfCON 2019 Budget.
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all the past & precent govement are been ULESS on CREATIVE ARTS INDUSTRY,,, MUSICIANS ARE DOING EVERYTHING BY THEM SELF PUTING NAME GHANA OUT THERE & SE HUG OF MONEY THEY ARE DISTROYING
any tournament black stars goes Ghanaian talk about the expenditure. both NPP and NDC if so then should the STATE stop funding the BLACK STARS? let the debate begins.
Chairman ,God bless u papaapa,Ghanaian politicians bcos of their belly an power the welfare of the ordinary citizen is ***barred word*** to them if not no reasonable and courteous normal human being will behave the way our leaders are behaving. Chairman I rest my case.
You should note that this expenditure is not tide to only what went on in Egypt. This include the preparation stage in Dubai etc. Kwame! this time round,your judgement is wrong.
one significant change in this year's case going unnoticed is the looters, but the ***barred word*** continues
I sometimes don't know, if our problem is understanding. In relation to how we spend. let read well. "...Black Stars is a cash cow for some people...Kwesi Nyantakyi has been vindicated.... He is vindicated because he said Black stars is a cash cow for some people.
vindicated for what? hypocrite
I listened to Sefa Kayi on the morning he made those pronouncements on his radio show particularly when he said Kwesi Nyantakyi should "come for his stone" (meaning Nyantakyi is vindicated)and I was surprised because its this same Sefa Kayi who invited Countryman Songo to the Peace FM studios to "damage" Nyantakyi on live radio. Again I remember how this same Sefa Kayi sensationalized Anas' video about Nyantakyi before it was premiered not to forget the countless insinuatory opportunities he offered to Dan Kweku Yeboah (the back stabber)to damage Nyantakyi. Nyantakyi was obviously wrong in some actions he took and Sefa Kayi's posture also smacks of double standards not to forget shame-ful disposition of Dan Kweku Yeboah
Kwame as for international competitions,monetary gains made by counties are very low and on some cases espences of competing interests are more than the prize paid to winning countries. I believe Kwame sefa Kai does agree with all items spent on. I know he as someone who travels on behalf of organisations will neither dispute per diem, hotel Bill's etc.we can those who have won the world cup what expenditures made and the prize amount to the finalist. Have we compared what was spent in previous AFCONS to that of 2019. I will come again. Thank you honourable minister for accounting to the people of Ghana which no sports minister has e er done. Before NPP came to power all that's given for tournaments was consumed
I remember Elvis Afriyie Ankrah crying at the Dzamefe commission over the corruption at the 2014 Brazil world cup..... Mahama afterwards promoted him