{"id":78752,"date":"2015-01-02T10:50:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T10:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=78752"},"modified":"2015-01-02T11:10:25","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T11:10:25","slug":"delays-in-dzamefe-cssion-findings-wont-stop-ghanas-afcon-participation-ayariga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/01\/delays-in-dzamefe-cssion-findings-wont-stop-ghanas-afcon-participation-ayariga\/","title":{"rendered":"Delays in Dzamefe C’ssion findings won’t stop Ghana’s AFCON participation – Ayariga"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mahama Ayariga has dismissed suggestions that the senior national team, the Black Stars should not participate in the 2015 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) since\u00a0the\u00a0findings from the Dzamefe Commission have not been presented to the government yet.<\/p>\n
The Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate the issues surrounding the participation of the Black Stars at the World cup in 2014, concluded sitting in September but is yet to present its findings and recommendations to the government.<\/p>\n
There have been calls for the team to be pulled out of the tournament until the findings of the commission are made known and any recommendations are implemented.<\/p>\n
However, according to Mr. Ayariga, the country has learnt enough lessons from observing the\u00a0Commission’s work to prevent a recurrence of the “embarrassing” issues that marred the team’s participation at the World Cup in Brazil.<\/p>\n
“I believe all these months of the discussions that we’ve been having have taught all of us what is right and what shouldn’t be done. We have learnt, we are waiting for the commission’s report for additional learning and direction and I assure you that going forward we will work diligently that everybody involved fulfills his part,” Mahama Ayariga said on the\u00a0Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Friday.<\/p>\n “We cannot afford not to participate in tournaments that we have top participate in competitions that we have to participate in.”<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”JQrmtQY3fBewDiKY7JzoO94aNspBog4B”]He argued that some of the recent changes that had been made in the management of the team’s affairs were made based on information gathered from the Commission’s sittings.<\/p>\n