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September 20, 2017
Minister of youth and sports and Member of Parliament (MP) for Atwima Mponua, Isaac Kwame Asiamah on Tuesday revealed to the Public Account Committee (PAC) of Parliament that, his Ministry never reneged on its duty to fly players of the senior National team back to Ghana after their world cup qualifies match in Congo.
He noted that all arrangements to fly them back to Ghana a day after their match was intact, because they hold them in “high esteem and fly them in business class”, he said.
“We had a very good arrangement to fly the Black Starts players back to Accra the following day after their match, over the years the Ministry has had arrangement with travel agencies”.
“We will not complain as a Ministry, if the captain of the senior team Asamoah Gyan decided to fly them down to Ghana same day because they had something to do in Accra” he told the Committee. Mr. Isaac Asiamah who had been a member of the PAC for 8 years told the committee it is not new to have a player fly his colleagues. “It is not new over the years some players have their own jets they fly friends to tournaments left right”.
According to him, as a Ministry they did not have a problem, adding the airlines had no problem flying them in any way.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso /ghanamps.com