Football Partnerships

By Ato Aidoo

Information trickling in from Accra, Ghana, is irritating many Africans in the Diaspora as the country’s Football Association maintains an incredible imprint as one of the most wasteful, and yet uncompromising administrative set-ups in Africa soccer.

In the West-African country, local coaches (though underpaid) continue to guide youth soccer programs, but not at the highest level. Failed policies of Ghana’s FA, led by Kwesi Nyantakyie, have reached record high without any serious intervention in sight; while some ministers of state have become part of these administrative lapses.

No individual is perfect; we just have to fix these FA blues.

In the wake of all these, a comment is obvious, especially when it relates to salary distortions and the assistant coach of the Black Stars - Kwesi Appiah, who is now under fire for making a well-deserved salary request- $6,000 a month, and other benefits. Appiah is a former captain of Ghana’s national soccer team.

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