The Ghana Football Association’s president, Kurt Okraku, has denounced the actions of certain Ghanaian media who jeered the players after Ghana gave up a two-goal lead to Mozambique, which ultimately resulted in Ghana’s tournament exit early.
On social media, there were recordings showing several Ghanaian journalists expressing their disgust with the players’ performance following the 2-2 tie with Mozambique.
Speaking at the “GFA meets the press,” the FA president condemned the activities of these media men and said that CAF has been forced to examine how some of the journalists at the tournament behaved.
“I share the pain of every Ghanaian on the back of our poor performance of our Black Stars at the AFCON. I also share in the pain of colleague journalists that their lifespan was cut short due to our early exit,” stated Kurt Okraku at the Meet the Press in Kumasi.
“But I do not share in the act of booing our players. As Journalists we have been trained to support and report on our national team, I pray and hope that this singular act will never be repeated.
“That act has now activated CAF in finding ways of imposing fines on Ghana. It was a bad one!! And like I said here the period between our exit and now has seen a lot of sober reflection. If we behave well, we know! If we don’t behave better we know!! Don’t let us put Ghana in a bad light.”
