Ghana Sports Minster, Mustapha Ussif, has stated there have been discussions for Ghana to bid for rights to host the 2025 Total Energies African Cup of Nations (AFCON).
He said this in an interview with Citi Sports on the sidelines of the National Team Day Walk with the Legends event put together to raise awareness of the Black Stars’ upcoming campaign at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Guinea won the rights to host the 2025 continental football tournament but African football’s governing body, CAF, recently stripped the West African nation of the hosting rights for the competition.
CAF has gone ahead to open bids to host the tournament and according to the Sports Minister, there have been discussions to decide whether Ghana would like to co-host the tournament.
“There’s a discussion that Ghana should bid with the likes of Nigeria and Benin. We are still considering it. We have not taken a decision yet but there is that discussion that we should get sister countries so that we can put in that bid.”
Interested countries have up to November 11 to officially declare their interest to host the 2025 AFCON and November 16 is the deadline for submission of related documents.
Ghana last hosted the tournament in 2008 in four cities Accra, Kumasi, Sekondi-Takoradi and Tamale.
