Former Vice President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), George Afriyie, has excluded Hon. Mustapha Ussif and Isaac Kwame Assiamah from his list of Ghana's best-performing sports ministers.
In an interview with Kumasi-based Oyerepa FM, Afriyie highlighted three former ministers whom he believes have made the most significant contributions to the development of sports and football in Ghana.
He named Mahama Ayariga, the current MP for Bawku Central, Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo, and former Sports Minister Elvis Afriyie Ankrah as the standout performers.
“I’ve seen lots of ministers during my time in Ghana football, and those who have helped football and sports are Osafo-Maafo, the most critiqued Elvis Afriyie Ankrah—because I was the only person within the football association to defend him since day one—and Mahama Ayariga during my tenure as Vice President,” he said.
Afriyie praised their efforts in advancing the sports sector but noted that Ankrah and Ayariga, both members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), might not be willing to take up the Sports Minister role again.
“I can tell you that the two people within the NDC will not want to be Sports Ministers any longer. What Elvis went through will make him decline the offer from President-elect John Dramani Mahama,” he added.
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