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Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has revealed that the Youth and Sports Ministry spent an amount of GHS 19,262,766.35, the equivalent of $1.5 million during Black Stars’ Qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Member of Parliament, official documents revealed that Ghana’s home and away matches versus Angola cost a total of GHS7,452,437.71.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ghana’s two games with Madagascar also cost an amount of GHS8,395,434.13<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the two games Ghana played against the Central Africa Republic cost the country up to GHS3,414,894.51.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ghana qualified for the C\u00f4te d’Ivoire 2023 Africa Cup of Nations through Ernest Nuamah’s 83rd-minute winner against the Central African Republic on the final day of qualifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although CAF has not confirmed how much Ghana will earn from the group stage participation, quarter-finalists will earn a prize money of $1,300,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2022, Ghana’s Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif told Parliament that the country spent $2,500,000 during a campaign that ended in the group stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the Black Stars have crashed out of the 34th edition of the AFCON in Ivory Coast having finished 3rd in Group B with just two points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ghana recorded two draws against Egypt and Mozambique having opened their campaign with a defeat against Cape Verde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the team’s elimination, the technical team of the Black Stars led by Chris Hughton has been dissolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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