Former GFA President Kwesi Nyantakyi has blamed the Ministry of Youth and Sports for the chaos that occurred during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

The then NDC government airlifted a whopping sum of $3 million to the players who had threatened to boycott the World Cup unless the money is paid to them in cash and not through bank transfers.

Ghana was making its third World Cup appearance in Brazil after spells at the 2006 FIFA World Cup which was their debut in Germany and 2010 in South Africa.

The Black Stars in 2010 became the third African nation to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup as they lost to Uruguay on penalties.

He says that the appearance fee had been paid by the Bank of Ghana into the accounts of the Sports Ministry but they were reluctant to credit the bank accounts of the 23 players leading to the debacle.

"The 2006 and 2010 World Cups were successful but the 2014 one was unsuccessful. There were so many problems," he told Kings TV GH.

"The problem had to do with the monies that were supposed to be given to the players.

"The Bank of Ghana had credited the Ministry of Youth and Sports account, but for them to release it to the players, it became a problem. The point is, based on our previous experiences, the players were paid before leaving for the tournament.

"The moment we named the 23 players, the Ministry were supposed to pay the players and it will have been through credit transfer but that was a huge problem. There was no need in flying money to Brazil."

Ghana exited the 2014 FIFA World Cup at the group stage after losing to Portugal, the USA and drawing 2-2 with eventual winners Germany.