Former Ghana forward Prince Tagoe says the approved budget for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations and 2022 FIFA World Cup campaigns respectively is outrageous.
Not long ago, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo approved a $25m for the Black Stars participation in the upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations and 2022 World Cup qualifying campaigns.
He promised to provide $10m of the $25M while entreating the corporate institutions to aid in fulfilling the quantum.
The gesture by the Nana Addo’s led administration has received a lot of backlash from a session of Ghanaians with the former Black Stars striker raising a red flag against it.
“Now things are not going well for the Black Stars so I believe the budget approved for the tournaments is too huge,” he told Angel TV.
“France won the 2018 World Cup and received $30m. So if Ghana is taking this money to AFCON I think is too much and the authorities must see to it and do something about it”
“In the last AFCON, the target was to win it but it couldn’t materialize so for them to come out with this budget for the tournament I think they are putting unnecessary pressure on the President. I feel the budget doesn’t sound well to me” he concluded.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Sylvester Ntim
