According to the minister, the facility located at the Airport Residential Area in Accra was acquired in collaboration with the Ministry of Works and Housing and renovated at a cost of GH?300,000.

Mr Asiamah said the facility which will serve as the official residence of subsequent Black Stars coaches will save the country thousands of dollars in hotel bills.

The Minister said over $9,000 per month was spent on hotel bills during the tenure of Avram Grant and that President Akufo-Addo was insistent reversing the situation.

He indicated that plans were far advanced to ensure that the Azumah Nelson Sports Complex (Kaneshie Sports Complex) was renovated to serve as the residential camping base of the Black Stars.

A delighted Appiah told Graphic Online that he could now stay with his family in a good environment, adding that the nation was losing a lot of money as a result of the previous arrangement. 

Background

The Ministry preferred to acquire the apartment for the Stars coach, bringing an end to the era where the government had to spend huge sums of money on the hotel bills of national coaches whenever they were in Ghana.

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.