Ghana Will Not Bid For 2019 AFCON - Sports Minister Insists

Youth and Sports Minister, Isaac Kwame Asiamah says Ghana has no intentions of bidding for the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON), though they have all the infrastructure available to host the 24-nation tournament.

Cameroon have been stripped off the hosting right by the continent’s governing body due to security reasons and serious delay.

However, CAF is yet to announce a country to host the tournament which is six months away.

But according to sector minister, Ghana has all the necessary infrastructure to host any Confederation of African (CAF) organized competition, at any given time, but that was not the priority of Ghana now, but to be focused in getting more developments through the provision of additional infrastructure for future use.

In an interview with the GNA Sports, Mr. Asiamah noted that it wouldn’t be a challenge, if we were given the nod by CAF, to host, but it is not our priority.

“We have what it takes as a country to host the rest of Africa at any given time since we have all the facilities to host.

“We have executed the previous CAF competitions, we hosted very well and nothing proves we can’t do same when given the chance to host, but it was not our priority now.

“We would rather stay focused and add on to the existing facilities,” he said.