{"id":89932,"date":"2015-02-09T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=89932"},"modified":"2015-02-09T17:57:49","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T17:57:49","slug":"black-stars-deserve-heros-welcome-ayariga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=89932","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars deserve a hero’s welcome – Ayariga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sports Minister, Mahama Ayariga has urged Ghanaians to give a hero\u2019s welcome to the Black Stars as they arrive home on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”Ke5hSFpZAY4MFIY66zhfmtkYjjAZXyus”]Although the team lost the chance to be crowned the African champions in the just ended African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament, some members of the team swept almost all of the prestigious awards of the tournament.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Christian Atsu won both the goal of the tournament and the tournament best player award.<\/p>\n

Dede Ayew won the award for top scorer and Cambridge United\u2019s Kwesi Appiah was\u00a0adjudged the overall Fair Player of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Monday, Mr. Ayariga who is scheduled to return with the Black Stars said the players have reaffirmed their loyalty to Ghana once again and must be commended.<\/p>\n

He indicated that all through the tournament, the focus of the team was on how to demonstrate to Ghanaians their \u201ccommitment to the national team, their loyalty to their country and their determination.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Minister<\/a>
Minister for Youth and Sports, Mahama Ayariga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Minister was of the view that the least citizens can do is to \u201cshow our appreciation and come out and give them a hero\u2019s welcome and let them know that, yes, they didn\u2019t ultimately make up but we saw that they fought for us and we appreciate it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGhanaians must naturally demonstrate to them that they appreciate what they have done for us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Ayariga also mentioned that the players are distraught over their loss and have been inconsolable since Sunday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur boys are just waking up to the realization of what had happened and last night, they wept and wept and we were trying to console them and encourage them and let them know that no matter what,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to him, the Black Stars are \u201cdefinitely, definitely quite shocked and I think that anybody who watched their performance will see the team has brought out its best\u2026the main thing for them has been how to win back their country and I can assure you that that has been one of their main driving force.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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