Asiamah’s AFCON budget is a sham – Nii Lante fires

The MP for Odododiodio Constituency is of the view that the budget presentation was poor and lacked a detailed breakdown of expenditures.

Mr. Vanderpuye believes the Sports Minister either covered up some expenditures or understated the budget.

“The presentation [on Wednesday] to me was a sham. It was a very poor report,” he said on TV3’s New Day on Thursday.

“If you look at the report, the first two pages were just a narration, and the third page and the last virtually talks about expenditure.”

“It is either he is understating the actual budget or he is hiding information.”

On Wednesday, Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah disclosed that Ghana’s total expenditure at the tournament was $4.5million.

He said the country had budgeted $6.3million for the tournament but saved $1.7million after exiting at the last 16 stage.

Per the breakdown, $1.14million was spent on accommodation, while $8,541 was spent on visa fees.

Airfare accounted for $924,168, while per diems for players, technical staff and additional technical staff were $187,050, $129,600 and $90,750, respectively.

Meanwhile, feeding cost was $419,300, internal transportation was $43,092 and winning bonuses of players accounted for $965,405.

Many Ghanaians have been highly critical of the budget, describing it as outrageous and a waste of the tax payer’s money.