The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif has revealed that, out of the $5,007,840.36 budget, $3 million was spent on the team pre-camping in Kumasi ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
He made this known in Parliament on Wednesday, February 2024.
According to the sector minister, the estimated budget for the tournament was $8,506,450 to cover the pre-tournament to the end of the actual tournament.
“Mr Speaker our estimated budget for the 2023 AFCON tournament was $8,506,450 to cater for the pre-tournament stages. That is our pre-camping stage. The tournament stage that is the group stages and also the round 16 stage, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals Ghana’s estimated budget would have been $8,506,450”, he said.
Mustapha Ussif disclosed that, out of the budget, an amount of $5,007,840.36 was released by the Ministry of Finance.
“Out of this amount, an amount of $5,007,840.36 was released by the Ministry of Finance of which $3,007,067.81 was spent on the team pre-camping in Kumasi…This resulted in a surplus of $2,177, 720.55 after our early exit from the tournament,” he stated.
