You Must Be A "Courageous Fool" Not To Learn From The World Cup Debacle - Kweku Baako
Kweku Baako Jnr., Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, has described any person who fails to pick lessons from the humiliation that the national team, the Black Stars and the country's Football administrators experienced at the 2014 FIFA World Cup as a "courageous fool."
Addressing some pertinent issues regarding Ghana's participation at the on-going 2015 African Cup of Nations on PeaceFM's flagship programme, "Kokrokoo", Kweku Baako said he seriously expects the football authorities and the Ministry of Sports, under the leadership of the Hon. Mahama Ayariga, to learn from the embarrassment suffered by the Black Stars at the FIFA World Cup tournament held in Brazil.
Matters came to a head when AC Milan star Sulley Muntari and Shalke 04 playmaker Kevin Prince Boateng were sacked from the team by head coach James Kwasi Appiah. The coach and management of the team felt the continuous stay of the two stars in the camp could be a distraction to the team after they were said to have been embroiled in extreme indiscipline and involved in other troublesome acts at the teams' camp.
In light of the Brazil debacle, many football pundits, were anxiously looking forward to the announcement of the National team’s budget for this year’s Africa’s elite football competition hoping the current Sports Minister, Mahama Ayariga and the GFA will take a cue from the criticisms and accusations that were hurled at the former Sports Minister, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah.
Speaking to host Kwami Sefa Kayi, Kweku Baako bemoaned the Sports Ministry's inability to make available the budget for this year's AFCON, wondering what was so special about the budget that it has compelled the Ministry to keep its cards to its chest.
He noted that a person has to be "such a courageous fool to say that against the backdrop of the Brazilian saga which has not even been finally resolved", one will seek to court unnecessary media attention or dabble in any form of needless controversy.
Kweku Baako therefore wants the Ministry to the transparent and come clear on the budget for the 2015 AFCON.