A
member of the Government’s Communications Team, Samuel George Nettey
has questioned the wisdom behind the Sports Ministry's selection of
certain “Ambassadors” for this year's World Cup in Brazil.
The
Ministry of Youth and Sports on Thursday, May 8, 2014 announced a number
of musicians, actors and veteran footballers as Ghana's official
Ambassadors for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The list includes Becca,
John Dumelo, Jackie Appiah, Grace Ashy CK Akonnor, Tony Baffoe, Abedi
‘Pele’ Ayew, Kwame Ayew, Augustine Ahinful, Samuel Osei Kufour, Tony
Yeboah, Azumah Nelson and Ali Jarrah, Shatta Wale among others.
The Sector Minister, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah charged the ambassadors to project the culture and values of Ghana on the World map.
But
the selection of these ambassadors aroused some concerns as several
Ghanaians called on the Sports Ministry to cite the reasons and criteria
it used to appoint these personalities.
Speaking on Radio Gold's "Alhaji and Alhaji"
programme, the NDC Communicator called for a probe into Hon. Afriyie
Ankrah's choice of ambassadors for the national team. According to him,
it is a complete waste of resources for the nation to appoint such
number of people, particularly actors who do not play key roles in the
Black Stars.
To him, it is a misplaced priority on the part of
the Sports Ministry to treat these personalities to a first-class air
lift to Brazil just to perform to the amusement of the players.
“I
still cannot understand what thinking went into sending so-called
Ambassadors from this country with our taxpayer’s money or whether it is
sponsorship from anywhere. Are they the ones going to play the
football? Then the US must as well send Denzel Washington and Oprah
Winfrey with the US team to beat the Black Stars...
“It must be stopped. It’s nonsense," he bellowed. |
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