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  • Dan Kwaku Yeboah commends Akufo-Addo for his role in hosting the 13th African Games

    Dan Kwaku Yeboah commends Akufo-Addo for his role in hosting the 13th African Games

    Dan Kwaku Yeboah, the spokesperson of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the 13th African Games, highlighted President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s crucial role in the tournament’s hosting during an interview on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo program on Monday, March 25, 2024.

    Yeboah recounted a challenging period when the LOC members considered giving up on hosting the event. In numerous meetings, they discussed the possibility of relinquishing their hosting duties and transferring them to another country.

    The decision to contemplate stepping down stemmed from several factors, including disagreements between the African Union (AU), the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), and the Association of African Sports Confederations (AASC). Additionally, securing funds for constructing the necessary facilities posed a significant challenge.

    However, Yeboah revealed that President Akufo-Addo intervened during one of their meetings, urging them not to give up. He assured the LOC members that he would ensure Ghana successfully hosted Africa’s largest sporting event.

    “President Akufo-Addo deserves special commendations for his efforts at helping stage this tournament. Aside from the fact that it was held under his government, he was instrumental in hosting it.

    “There came a time when we (LOC members) wanted to give up but he urged us to soldier on. At the time, it was difficult getting money and the AU-ANOCCA impasse was ongoing so we thought we should just stop the hosting but President Akufo-Addo maintained that Ghana was going to host and motivated us not to give up. He has shown that he’s a good leader,” he said.

    From March 8 to March 23, 2024, Ghana hosted the 13th African Games, utilising new facilities such as the Borteyman Sports Complex and the University of Ghana Sports Stadium for various events.

    Despite a rough start marked by controversies involving power outages, vehicle shortages, and equipment challenges, the tournament gained momentum in its later stages. The atmosphere was vibrant, culminating in a colourful closing ceremony that capped off what can be deemed a relatively successful event.

    Ghana’s performance in the competition was commendable, securing a sixth-place finish with a record-breaking haul of 67 medals.

  • Dan Kwaku Yeboah vows to keep Mahama’s name out of his mouth over ‘fear’ of attacks from NDC

    Dan Kwaku Yeboah vows to keep Mahama’s name out of his mouth over ‘fear’ of attacks from NDC

    Head of Sports in the media, Dan Kwaku Yeboah has declined to provide commentary on the pledge made by John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), regarding a proposed new strategy for football management in the country.

    During one of his campaign tours, John Mahama proposed the adoption of a sporting blueprint aimed at reshaping the management of the Black Stars. This strategy would pivot the team’s composition towards players from the Ghana Premier League, departing from the prevalent reliance on foreign-based players.

    Mahama’s stance rests on the belief that nurturing a robust Ghana Premier League would yield players of sufficient calibre to competitively represent the nation on the international stage.

    “We will build the new Black Stars based on homegrown players,” Mahama asserted. “Domestic players who have trained together for a long time and work as a team, and then we will bring in the foreign ones to blend with them.”

    The issue came up for discussion on the Tuesday, February 6, 2024 edition of Okay FM’s breakfast show and Dan Kwaku Yeboah, who was one of three panellists on the show declined to comment on the promise made by the former president.

    While maintaining that his decision is not influenced by fear of anyone, Kwaku Yeboah was worried by what he views as the consistent spinning of his comments on any issue relative to the former president.

    “Only God gives life and only he can take it so I don’t fear any human. I respect every human being but I don’t fear anyone. I have been framed as someone who revels in attacking men, and I wasn’t brought up that way so it hurts to see those things. If he were a family member of mine, I’d be glad, so I can never disrespect him, but I don’t want the attacks to continue,” he said.

    Kwaku Yeboah mentioned his response to John Mahama’s promise to scrap the payment of ex-gratia as one incident where he was, in his estimation, attacked by communicators of the NDC.

    He defended his statement, insisting that his comment was a mere analysis of Mahama’s promise and not what the NDC communicators perceive it to be.

    “I won’t talk about him again. The attacks I suffered from NDC communicators after speaking about the ex-gratia are enough; I won’t talk about him again. I was accused of insulting John Mahama but it was a mere analogy that I drew that our constitution has aberrations.

    “We’ve over the years attacked Rawlings due to the constitution so those who came after him should have made efforts to address the inefficiencies in the constitution. Atta Mills is the only person who attempted to address the situation and Mahama came after Mills so if he wanted to scrap ex-gratia, he had the best opportunity to do it because Mills had done the groundwork,” he said.