The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has responded directly to President John Dramani Mahama’s directive for all expenditure on Ghana’s national football teams to be made public.
President John Mahama said this in his first State of the Nation Address to the Ninth Parliament in Ghana’s Fourth Republic while touching on key issues affecting sports.
In his address, President Mahama lamented Ghana’s National Men’s Football Team, the Black Stars failure to qualify to the 2025 AFCON while stating that his government will see to celebrate a National Recreation Day monthly and celebrate a National Recreation Festival. (Click link to read full story)
In a statement release, the GFA welcomed the call for transparency in budgets for national football teams stating that the “GFA has always provided the Ministry responsible for Sports with the first draft budget for the national teams.”
The GFA’s release also stated that, “everything to do with the budgeting and expenditure related to the Black Stars sits with the Ministry. For emphasis, payments made in relation to the Black Stars are exclusively handled by the Ministry.”
The Black Stars are scheduled to be in action on March 21 and March 24 in 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
