<p>A renowned sports administrator, Emmanuel Kwesi Mantey has identified money and lack of national patriotism as the clog on the wheel of progress of Ghana football.</p>



<p>He ascribed  ;some
current sports personalities as lacking the spirit of patriotism which has
resulted in Ghana&#8217;s inability to make significant strides during International
tournament.</p>



<p> According to a statement by Dickson Boabi and made available to OpenLife, this assertion is coming on the heels of overwhelming “money consciousness” of current breed of Black Stars players.</p>



<p>The tag ‘money-conscious’ was intensified after the
Brazil 2014 debacle, where players revolted over unpaid bonuses with some
captured on tape kissing money.</p>



<p>This has seen the nation develop an apathy for their
beloved Black Stars which influenced the football association under the
tutelage of Kurt Okraku to carve out the ‘Bring back the love’ campaign.</p>



<p>Mantey, who is also an aspiring parliamentary candidate
for the Adentan constituency on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party
(NPP), in an interview with a section of press men said the only way to
eliminate such habits entirely among some of these sports men is to nurture
them to be Patriotic at the start of their career instead of enticing them with
money as the ultimate reward from the country.</p>



<p>“I always become sad when I hear and listen to the likes
of some former sports personalities in Ghana such as Nana Yaw Konadu, Professor
Azumah Nelson, Ohene Karikari among others. You realise that they did their
best for the nation and not necessarily for money. They sacrificed their lives
which indeed reflected positively in various tournament over the years.</p>



<p>Some of them today don’t have individual spirit for what
they are doing. They ; lack commitment. All
their mindset is money, but gone were the days when representing your country
alone was enough for you&#8221;. he added</p>



<p>As to what could be done to address these challenges in an
efforts to win world titles in all aspects of the sporting discipline, he
suggested  ;a paradigm shift from making
money the ultimate motive and encourage them to develop love for their country
during international competitions.</p>



<p>According to him, after nurturing them, those whose major
aim is to amass money for themselves without thinking about Ghana would be left
out in the space of time as it may reflect in their performances.</p>



<p>Mantey further appealed to Ghanaians especially the
people of Adentan to stringently adhere to the president directives on COVID-19
in order to stay safe.</p>

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