The Ministry of Youth and Sports led by Isaac Asiamah have fulfilled their promise to get Black Stars Coach Kwesi Appiah a permanent and an official residence.
This move will curb the act of Coaches of the Black Stars lodging at hotels which cost the nation huge fees.
The apartment which is located in the Airport Residential area was presented to Coach Kwesi Appiah by the Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah with other dignitaries and stakeholders of football also present.
The Black Stars coach, thanked the government and the mports ministry for their gesture and respect, adding that he was going to maintain the facility well for however long that he stays there.
This move to have an official accommodation/apartment for Black Stars coaches comes as a huge relief to the taxpayer and will be regarded as a pivotal achievement for the Sports Minister who has been in office for only a year.
The Minister, Isaac Asiamah, said in an interview last year that he was overwhelmed when he discovered that the state spent $8,000 a month on accommodation during the two years that Israeli trainer, Avram Grant, was in charge of the Stars.
“When I realised that we’re spending $8,000 a month on accommodation for Black Stars coaches, I was overwhelmed, hence our decision to acquire an official residence for the national team coach to save the country the huge amount we have been pumping in,†Isaac Asiamah told the media.