According to multiple reports, Former President of Ghana Athletics and Ghana Olympics Committee, Prof. Francis Dodoo is on the radar of His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, the President-Elect for the Republic to be named the new Sports Minister.
It’s expected that the new government starting in January 2025 will make various ministerial appointments to lead Ghana into the promise land and the Youth and Sports Ministry is not exclusive.
A report by Muftawu Anabila which was sighted by AhotorSports indicate Dodoo who is now the Head of Governance at World Athletics has appeared in conversation to be next to head the well publicly checked Sports Ministry.
The post further stated the president of the Ghana Olympic Committee, Mr. Ben Nunoo Mensah is also in the mix of names being discussed to the top role.
“The other person I understand was or is being considered GOC boss Ben Nunoo Mensah.”-Muftawu
Recently, outspoken former sports minister and a member of Parliament for Odododiodio Constituency, Edwin Nii Lamptey Vanderpuye has been subtly expressing interests in reassuming the position he held in 2015 where he replaced Dr Mustapha Ahmed after ministerial reshuffle.
“If i become the Minister of Sports in 2025, i will sanitize the the Sports.I will sanitize the sports once again”
“I am not happy with the things going on, i am not happy”
”There are a lot of things going on, there are so many things in our football going on that unless we put bold steps to sanitize the system and and take decisions that will ennure to the benefit of those who are doing football and the footballers and not business men and shylocks, football will not grow.”
“The people who play the game, the people who invest their money, people who invest their time should enjoy football and not people who sit behind and turn footballers and people who do football like poultry chicken and anytime they decide to have then they pick them up for stew and soup and enjoy themselves, no that will not happen”
“I have been a footballer before, i have been a sportsman before and i will fight against anyone who desire to exploit any sports man”
The position is currently occupied by NPP’s Member of Parliament for Yagaba Kubori Constituency in the North, Hon. Mustapha Yusif who has been unpopular among many sports commentators for a number of reasons.
