By Philip Otuo
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Barring any last minute intervention from the Ministry of
Youth and Sports or other philanthropists, Ghana would be suspended from the
World Amputee Football Federation (WAFF), making it impossible for the nation
to be at the world cup next year.
Ghana has defaulted in the payment of its yearly affiliation
and now has to pay USD$500.00 by close of day today to remain in the
Federation.
The national Amputee Football team had to struggle to make
it to the world cup under very strange circumstances which saw the team
arriving late in Mexico, thereby missing out of competition.
With no support from government, the managers of the team
had to depend on support from corporate bodies such as the Ghana National Petroleum
Company (GNPC), the Ghana National Petroleum Authority (GNPA), Tullow Oil,
Access Bank, among others to get their operations going.
The funds raised from these agencies couldn’t cater for the
budgeted expenditure for participation in the world cup, leaving the team with
the option of depending on government for supplementary support that never came.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports couldn’t come to their
rescue so the team struggled with a 13-mqn delegation to Mexico only to get
there late and out of contention for the cup.
Now, the yearly fee has become an albatross on the necks of
the leaders who had spent their own pocket monies on the team without any
refund.
In 2013 the team went to Kenya for the African Cup
qualifiers on borrowed tickets. The monies due the management and players
remain outstanding till date.
If nothing is done by close of day Friday, February 27,
Ghana will be out of the Federation and has to wait for four years before being
reinstated.
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