Minister for Youth and Sports, Hon. Mustapha Ussif, has revealed the Black Stars expended a sum of just over US$3 million at the recently ended Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.
The Black Stars failed to progress beyond the group stages of the competition for a second consecutive time.
According to the Minister, the Finance Ministry disbursed US$5 million out of the “estimated” US$8 million, of which US$3,070,067.81 was spent on the team’s flight arrangements, logistics, equipment, logistics, hospitality, and per diems.
“Out of the $8,506,450.00, $5,071,840.36 was released by the Ministry of Finance, of which US$3,070,067.81 was spent on per diems, flight arrangements, medicals, equipment, logistics, and hospitality. This resulted in a surplus of $2,001,772.55 after our exit from the tournament,” Ussif shared while on the floor of the Parliament of Ghana.
The admission of the rumored US$8 million estimated budget comes in the wake of public criticism after the poor display of the Black Stars of Ghana at the tournament.