Odartey Weeps

Nii Odartey Lamptey

FORMER GHANA great Nii Odartey Lamptey is not happy about the standard of football in the country.

The ex-Black Stars midfielder attributed the deplorable trend to lack of proper youth system in Ghana presently.

Odartey Lamptey, who is a product of the colts system in the late 1980s, said he is not happy about the way the youth system in the country is being handled.

This, he said, has led to a shortage of quality materials in the top flight Ghana league.

Odartey Lamptey pointed at Ghana’s poor showing in youth games recently, especially the Meteors’ failure to qualify for the 2012 Olympics Games, to buttress his claim.

The former Black Starlets player therefore implored authorities to sit up and inject some energy in the youth football system in the country.

Odartey Lamptey benefitted immensely from the youth system in Ghana in the early parts of his career.

He, together with the likes of Samuel Osei Kufuor, Alex Opoku, Serbastian Barnes and Mohammed Gargo, made history by leading Ghana to conquer the world at the under-17 level in 1991.

From I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi