Ranking Member of Ghana’s Parliamentary Select Committee on Sports, Vincent Assafuah, has heavily associated Ghana’s National Women’s Football Team’s success at the 2024 CAF Women’s AFCON to the immediate past New Patriotic Party (NPP) led government.
He made this statement in his speech delivered on the floor of Ghana’s Parliament while speaking about the Black Queens who are set to play in the Women’s AFCON semifinals for the first time since 2016.
Ghana take on host nation Morocco in the semifinals on Tuesday, July 22 at 19:00 GMT for a place in the finals of the continental championship against either Nigeria or defending champions South Africa.
Member of Parliament for Old Tafo Constituency, Vincent Assafuah however, linked the Black Queens’ successful run in the tournament directly to the erstwhile NPP-led government and not the present National Democratic Congress (NDC) led government.
“While recent support must be acknowledged, this achievement is undeniably built on the foundation laid by the previous NPP’s government which took deliberate steps to reposition women’s sports as a national priority. It was under the NPP that we witnessed the revamping of the Women’s Premier League through structured funding and logistical backing”.
Scroll down to watch Vincent Assafuah’s submission on the floor of Parliament on the Black Queens’ success.
WAFCON 2024: “The Black Queens’ achievement is undeniably built on the foundation laid by the previous NPP’s government” – Vincent Ekow Assafuah
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