All African Games was a monumental disaster – Minority

The Minority in Parliament has labelled the just-ended 13th African Games held in Accra as a “monumental disaster and total embarrassment”, despite the nation recording its largest-ever medal haul of 68 medals.

He stated that the games could have served as tourism to facilitate trade in generating funds for the country considering the expenditure spent on the Games.

Woyome emphasized that the current state of the Ghanaian economy, which he claimed has been “rendered bankrupt” by the government, only added to the concerns raised by Ghanaians regarding the significant expenditure on the Games.

“The just-ended games were a monumental disaster and total embarrassment to our dear country

The Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government spent a staggering 240 million dollars on the just-ended games yet, the organization and management of the event were poor and shambolic.

“Quite apart from the fact that it lacked the clear combined effect of economic viability, the organization of the games lacked clear-cut policies for tourism promotion and trade facilitation

Emerging details about the hefty expenditure of the games raised concerns among Ghanaians.”