Ghana’s Members of Parliament have offered their views on the future of Black Stars coach, Kwesi Appiah.
The MPs’ comments come after the Sports Minister, Isaac Asiamah presented his report on the 2019 African Cup of Nations Cup (AFCON) to Parliament.
While some Ghanaians want Kwesi Appiah out, others hold that he can’t be blamed for the team’s poor performance in Egypt.
The MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa launched a scathing attack on the credentials and competence of the coach after Ghana’s disastrous campaign at the recently ended AFCON.
“It is not that the coach is a Ghanaian coach that is why he is being criticized. I think that in Ghana we have many coaches. I would like to see many more Ghanaian coaches. If there can be a better Ghanaian coach to bring competition to help us achieve our dreams, why not. I do not think that in the whole of Ghana it’s only Kwasi Appiah who can take us to the promise land,” Okudzeto Ablakwa said.
However, Deputy Minister for Transport and MP for Tema East, Daniel Nii Titus Glover in an interview on Happy FM’s ‘Anopa Bosuo Sports’ with Ohene Brenya-Bampoe stated that it is unfair for Ghanaians to call for the dismissal of Kwesi Appiah.
According to him, the abysmal performance of Black Stars does not mean the coach is a failure.
He called on Ghanaians to encourage Kwesi Appiah rather than calling for his dismissal adding that, his dismissal may lead the country into appointing a foreign coach.
In what is turning out to be Ghana’s most expensive yet unproductive AFCON campaign, where the Black Stars crashed out of the Round of 16 stage- the worst in the country’s history in over a decade, it has been revealed that the state spent over $4.5m.
Kwasi Appiah was offered a new deal by the Normalization Committee following the expiration of his initial two-year contract. The new contract, according to reports will end in December.
