The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah, has revealed that the government spent over $4.5 million on the Black Stars’ 2019 AFCON campaign.

The amount was out of the $6.3 million budgeted by the Ministry before the team started their AFCON journey.

Isaac Asiamah, who had hitherto kept the amount away from the media and the public, made the revelation in Parliament on Wednesday while answering a question from a Member of Parliament on Wednesday.

The Minister said, in total, US$6,365,033.84 was budgeted for Ghana’s participation at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

Out of this amount, US$4,564,352.00 was expended from the training tour up until the team exited the AFCON at the round of 16 stage.

The amount was not exhausted because of the team’s early exit, the Minister said.

Giving a breakdown of the expenditure, the Sports Minister said the amount was spent on components including:

The playing body
Technical team
Members of Parliament’s Select Committee on Youth and Sports
Representatives of GHALCA
Representatives of Old Footballers
Some staff of the GFA
Some staff of the Ministry of Youth and Sports
Some member of the Ghana Supporters Union
Journalists
A further breakdown of the expenditure is provided as follows:

Airfare – $924,168
Per diem, players – $187,050
Per diem, technical staff – $129, 600
Per diem, additional technical staff – $90,750
Winning bonus, players – $965, 405
Winning bonus, technical – $347,027
Winning bonus, additional technical staff – $177,000
Accommodation – $1,143,519
Feeding – $419,300
Match Tickets – $41,750
Medicals – $44,574
Visa Fees – $8,541
Internal Transportation -$43,092
Incidentals – $42,576
Total; $4,564,352

Source: Citinewsroom.com