Ace sports journalist, Dan Kwaku Yeboah, has stated that the lack of proactive measures from Ghana’s two major political parties has contributed to the decline of sports in the country.
He raised concerns about how both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) focus on investing huge sums of funds in the Black Stars, yet the team fails to win major laurels.
The Peace FM sports journalist further expressed frustration about the declining state of boxing and athletics in the country compared to previous times when the nation was thrilled.
“Our sports have collapsed, that’s the truth. When was the last time Ghana won the AFCON? Since 1982 till now, we’ve been wasting money on the Black Stars to win, but it keeps eluding us. In athletics, we used to excel at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, but that’s not the case today. When it comes to boxing, it’s worse,” he said in Twi dialect during an interview with Bryt TV.
The former SWAG Sports Journalist of the Year Award winner further explained that it would have been more appropriate for the political parties to concentrate on investing in major sporting disciplines like football, athletics, and boxing.
However, he believes that the fear of losing votes from those in lesser-known disciplines compels the political parties to spread their funds thinly.
“The politicians don’t help us. NPP and NDC, because of votes, can’t take bold decisions to invest in sporting activities where we have a competitive advantage, so the rest can fund themselves.
“But because they fear the other disciplines might go against them in elections, they spread the money, and we keep failing. NPP and NDC keep playing with our minds, and there’s no will to revive it,” he added.
Watch Kwaku Yeboah’s remarks below:
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