The Ministry of Youth and Sports has issued a statement regarding the state of our national teams amidst rumours of neglect in the media towards the various national teams.

The Ministry through the spokesperson of the Minister issued and signed the letter detailing arrangements done so far for the various national teams.

Full statement below:

BLACK STARS 'B'
1. All per diems due have been paid in full to the Black Stars 'B' Team that competed and placed second in the 2019 WAFU tournament hosted in Senegal.

2. The Ministry of Youth and Sports is ensuring that the Black Stars 'B' gets very well motivated to avenge the defeat they suffered at the hands of Burkina Faso in the first leg of their African Nations Championships (CHAN) qualification at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi a fortnight ago. As they play in the return leg this weekend, the team will be airlifted via a chartered
Airforce flight to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Saturday morning and return immediately after the match on Sunday night.

3. Even though the team lost at home in the first game, a qualification bonus will be paid for the two-legged encounter and not just a single match winning bonus should they win in the return leg on Sunday.

4. All per diems due the team have been paid yesterday ahead of this crucial game against their Burkinabe counterparts to motivate them to put up a highly-spirited performance away to ensure qualification.

BLACK METEORS (UNDER-23)
1. The local component of the national Under-23 male soccer team is currently in camp preparing for the CAF Under-23 Championships slated for Cameroon in January 2019. All monies due the players for the tickets purchased for the Ghana-Algeria game that ensured their qualification to the tournament have been paid to the 12 players who flew from their Europe base for the said assignment.

2. The Acting General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association, Mr Alex Asante has been tasked to contact their teams abroad for their release so we can purchase their tickets on time as they join their colleagues at home before they emplane for the tournament early next month.

We wish both teams the best in their separate preparations ahead of these crucial assignments.