The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has written to urge Ghana to consider hosting next year’s African Cup of Nations (Afcon) should Morocco go ahead to pull out from hosting the games.
Moroccan media on Wednesday reported that the country has officially pulled out of hosting the games. There has not been any official statement on that as of now.
The country wrote officially to CAF about 10 days ago that because of the fears of the Ebola virus, and the scourge of people who would be traveling to Morocco for the tournament, they cannot offer any guarantees.
Confirming the latest development on Citi FM at midday Thursday, the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Mahama Ayariga said CAF has indeed written to Ghana.
“CAF wrote to us a few days ago actually and indicated that Morocco has given strong indications, that they will pull out if CAF, did not change the date and CAF also indicated that it was firm on those dates.”
“They will be meeting the Moroccan authorities and take a decision at that meeting but in the meantime, they are writing to a number of countries that they think, have the capacity to be an alternative venue for Afcon 2015, and Ghana is one such country. They are writing to us to consider hosting Afcon 2015 in the event of Morocco actually pulling out if they are unable to reach and agreement on the date.”
According to Mr Ayariga, CAF also indicated in the letter that they have written to a number of countries.
“Now I don’t know which other countries they have written to but that’s what they said in the letter.”
“So I received the letter from the GFA and I have been looking at the two key issues involved assuming that we are to put ourselves in readiness…. The cost of hosting it and the very health issues that is making Morocco to renege on the commitment they made to CAF.
He added those are the matters that the Ministry was looking into and evaluating.
SOURCE: graphiconline.com
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