Chief of Staff inaugurates Ghana World Cup Planning Committee

Mr Julius Debrah, the Chief of Staff at the Presidency, on Wednesday inaugurated the national World Cup Planning Committee.

The advisory Committee will see to the general planning and coordination of activities towards the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to be hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico from June 11, to July 19, 2026.

The Members of the Ministerial Oversight Committee for Ghana’s 2026 World Cup participation include: Mr Stan Xoese Dogbe, Office of the President; Mr Kofi Iddie Adams, Sports and Recreation Minister; Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Foreign Affairs Minister and Mr George Opare Addo, Youth Development Minister.

Others are Mr Thomas Nyarko Ampem, Deputy Finance Minister, and Mr Yussif Issaka Jajah, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts.

The others are Mr Abedi Ayew, a retired Captain of the senior national men’s football team, the Black Stars and one of the greatest African footballers of all time; and Mr Kurt E. S. Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).

The rest are Mrs Wilhelmina Asamoah, – Chief Director, Ministry of Sports and Recreation, Madam Elizabeth Yankah, Deputy National Security ?Coordinator and a representative of the private sector.

Mr Debrah in his remarks, said: “We need to remind ourselves that the world cup is not just about what happens over 90 minutes it is about what we do with the four years leading up to it and the four years that follow.”

He said the road to 2030 begins now and that the oversight Committee must lead with accountability speed and national consciousness.

“The time for scattered efforts is over that’s why we say we are resetting our country we cannot afford to enter 2026 with a mindset of 2014 and 2010,” he stated.

“Let us correct what must be corrected and amplify what can be built, let us lead with clarity, let us act with urgency, let us project Ghana with discipline and pride.”

He wished the Committee well in all their endeavours; saying “we expect the best from the committee”

Mr Kofi Adams, the Minister of Sports and Recreation, said the Committee was being inaugurated to take up all the other responsibilities very well so that experiences of the past positive and negative would guide them into the future.

This, he said would ensure that “we will not only go to partake in just the kicking of the ball but by the time the whole process ends Ghana will be the biggest of the winners not just the trophy but also in so many other ways in terms of growing our sports growing our economy and adding to the gross domestic product (GDP).”

Source: GNA

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