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[caption id="attachment_970936" align="alignnone" width="300"] Kwesi Nyantakyi[/caption]
Former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi believes Ghana football has declined considering the performance of the Black Stars in recent times.
Nyantakyi resigned from all his roles at the Ghana FA, Confederation of African Football (CAF), and Federation of Football Association (FIFA) following the Anas documentary.
In June 2018, a documentary by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas was broadcast showing hidden camera footage of Ghanaian football officials taking bribes, including the then FA President, Kwesi Nyantakyi.
However, the 55-year-old was handed a lifetime ban from football, which was later reduced to 15-years.
Speaking to Onua TV, Nyantakyi, who has declared his candidature for the Ejisu Constituency seat in the by-election highlighted Black Stars poor showing in recent times as a proof to the decline of Ghana football.
‘‘Ghana football is not at a desirable level. I came to office in 2005, and in our first AFCON, we suffered a first round exit,'' he said.
''But from 2008 till 2017, we always made the semi-finals of the AFCON. We finished in third place in 2008, second in 2010, semi-finals in 2012 and 2015, second in 2015 and semi-finals in 2017.’’
The Black Stars has been unimpressive in recent AFCON tournaments, suffering elimination from the group stage.
The last time Ghana made the round of 16 cut was in 2019, where Tunisia eliminated the four-time Africa champions.
Since then, the Black Stars has been eliminated from the group stage in the last two AFCON tournaments.
‘‘But since 2019, we have always exited after the first round or even in the group stage. So if you drew a graph, you’d see a steep slope. So we all need to help to raise the level again.’’ he concluded.
Nyantakyi served as the President of the Association between 2005 and 2018 before he was banned from football-related issues due to Anas Aremeyaw Anas' Number 12 expose.
Former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi believes Ghana football has declined considering the performance of the Black Stars in recent times.
Nyantakyi resigned from all his roles at the Ghana FA, Confederation of African Football (CAF), and Federation of Football Association (FIFA) following the Anas documentary.
In June 2018, a documentary by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas was broadcast showing hidden camera footage of Ghanaian football officials taking bribes, including the then FA President, Kwesi Nyantakyi.
However, the 55-year-old was handed a lifetime ban from football, which was later reduced to 15-years.
Speaking to Onua TV, Nyantakyi, who has declared his candidature for the Ejisu Constituency seat in the by-election highlighted Black Stars poor showing in recent times as a proof to the decline of Ghana football.
‘‘Ghana football is not at a desirable level. I came to office in 2005, and in our first AFCON, we suffered a first round exit,'' he said.
''But from 2008 till 2017, we always made the semi-finals of the AFCON. We finished in third place in 2008, second in 2010, semi-finals in 2012 and 2015, second in 2015 and semi-finals in 2017.’’
The Black Stars has been unimpressive in recent AFCON tournaments, suffering elimination from the group stage.
The last time Ghana made the round of 16 cut was in 2019, where Tunisia eliminated the four-time Africa champions.
Since then, the Black Stars has been eliminated from the group stage in the last two AFCON tournaments.
‘‘But since 2019, we have always exited after the first round or even in the group stage. So if you drew a graph, you’d see a steep slope. So we all need to help to raise the level again.’’ he concluded.
Nyantakyi served as the President of the Association between 2005 and 2018 before he was banned from football-related issues due to Anas Aremeyaw Anas' Number 12 expose.