The President Nana Akufo Addo has urged Ghanaians to throw their weight behind the Black Stars ahead of the 2022 World Cup.

According to the President, the Black Stars, who will be featuring and representing the nation at the mundial in far-away Qatar “should know and feel that the entire nation, without the distinction of politics, religion, ethnicity; the entire Ghanaian nation are 100% solidly behind them.”

Akufo Addo made this known on Thursday, when he met a delegation made up of and led by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, the Ghana Football Association and all the Supporters Unions of Ghana.

Delivering a message of optimism on the account of the Two-Zero victory today over Switzerland in a pre-tournament friendly, President Akufo-Addo said, “I know that they are not there to make up the numbers and that they are going to give a very good account of themselves.”

Therefore, he stated, “I want first of all to thank all of you, very much for making the effort to come and see me before the competition starts, so that we can all together wish the black stars the very best of luck,”.

“All of us know what football means to us in this country and what a very rich history we have in football. History that goes right back to the 50s, and 60s and 70s, 80s and 90s, right up till today; and I’m very confident that the players that have been selected, right up to the excellent technical team that we have under the leadership of Otto Addo, that we are going to give a very good account of ourselves” he said.

The Black Stars will play Portugal in an opening Group H fixture on November 24 at Stadium 974.

Ghana will then square it off with South Korea at Education City Stadium on November 28 and wind up their group matches against Uruguay on December 2 at Al Wakrah Sports Complex.