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Personnel of the Parliamentary Select Committee for Sports has explained their decision to continue with investigations.

Ranking member on Ghana’s Parliamentary Select Committee on Youth and Sports and Culture, Kobina Mensah Woyome believes a probe into the Black Stars disappointing Africa Cup of Nations campaign in Cameroon is a good step ahead of next month’s crucial 2022 World Cup qualifying play-off against Nigeria.

On orders of the speaker of the national parliament, an inquest has begun into the Black Stars’ first-round elimination at the tournament, with various parties, including the Ministry of Sports, the National Sports Authority, and the Ghana Football Association all lined up for appearances.

The probe, though, has been met by a lot of criticism for a perceived poor timing as the big showdown with the Super Eagles is only a month away.

“The committee thoroughly discussed this [timing] and the reason we need to do this even before the game is to probably come across some mistakes which may have led to the poor performance, so we can quickly see how we can rectify them before the games against Nigeria,” Woyome told Citi Sports.

“Because the next game is very crucial to us, if we really want to make it to Qatar, we couldn’t choose any other time than now, per the thinking of the speaker [of parliament].

“He wants us to submit a report before the end of the month, so that some of the recommendations can be used as part of preparations for the game against Nigeria.”