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The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah, has revealed that the government spent over $4.5 million on the Black Stars\u2019 2019 AFCON campaign.<\/p>\n

The amount was out of the $6.3 million budgeted by the Ministry before the team started "},"modified":"2019-07-24T13:20:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T13:20:59","slug":"govt-spent-4-5m-on-black-stars-2019-afcon-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/24\/govt-spent-4-5m-on-black-stars-2019-afcon-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov’t spent $4.5m on Black Stars’ 2019 AFCON campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah, has revealed that the government spent over $4.5 million on the Black Stars\u2019 2019 AFCON campaign.<\/p>\n

The amount was out of the $6.3 million budgeted by the Ministry before the team started their AFCON journey.<\/p>\n

Isaac Asiamah, who had hitherto kept the amount away from the media and the public, made the revelation in Parliament on Wednesday while answering a question from a Member of Parliament on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Minister said, in total, US$6,365,033.84 was budgeted for Ghana\u2019s participation at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n

Out of this amount, US$4,564,352.00 was expended from the training tour up until the team exited the AFCON at the round of 16 stage.<\/p>\n

The amount was not exhausted because of the team\u2019s early exit, the Minister said.<\/p>\n

Giving a breakdown of the expenditure, the Sports Minister said the amount was spent on components including:<\/p>\n

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  1. The playing body<\/li>\n
  2. Technical team<\/li>\n
  3. Members of Parliament\u2019s Select Committee on Youth and Sports<\/li>\n
  4. Representatives of GHALCA<\/li>\n
  5. Representatives of Old Footballers<\/li>\n
  6. Some staff of the GFA<\/li>\n
  7. Some staff of the Ministry of Youth and Sports<\/li>\n
  8. Some member of the Ghana Supporters Union<\/li>\n
  9. Journalists<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    A further breakdown of the expenditure is provided as follows:<\/p>\n

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    • Airfare \u2013 $924,168<\/li>\n
    • Per diem, players \u2013 $187,050<\/li>\n
    • Per diem, technical staff \u2013 $129, 600<\/li>\n
    • Per diem, additional technical staff \u2013 $90,750<\/li>\n
    • Winning bonus, players \u2013 $965, 405<\/li>\n
    • Winning bonus, technical \u2013 $347,027<\/li>\n
    • Winning bonus, additional technical staff \u2013 $177,000<\/li>\n
    • Accommodation \u2013 $1,143,519<\/li>\n
    • Feeding \u2013 $419,300<\/li>\n
    • Match Tickets \u2013 $41,750<\/li>\n
    • Medicals \u2013 $44,574<\/li>\n
    • Visa Fees \u2013 $8,541<\/li>\n
    • Internal Transportation -$43,092<\/li>\n
    • Incidentals \u2013 $42,576<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Total; $4,564,352<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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