The Ministry of Youth and Sports is confindent Ghana will host the 2018 African Women’s Championship after news emerged last night that the hosting right has being stripped from Ghana.

According to Elvis Adjei Baah, they are yet to receive an official letter from CAF.

“We haven’t received any official letter from CAF saying the hosting rights have been taken from us, he said.”

“If there has been a change in the hosting plan, I believe we should be the first to be notified. The Liaison team is also saying they haven’t received any official letter from CAF either. We can’t deal with rumors.

“I only know Ghana has the right to host of the AWCON.

“Until CAF writes to us, Ghana is still the host of the competition.

“I believe Ghana is ready to host this tournament. I will be surprised if CAF take the hosting right from us,” he concluded.

“We are on the right path to hosting the tournament. Government has committed huge sums of money or funds into the hosting of the tournament.

“The renovation of the Accra Sports Stadium; I don’t know if you have been there recently, but there is an improvement with regards to the renovation that is being done.

“The roofing is currently being done, and I won’t be surprised if it is completed by the close of this month or early next month. The washrooms are being worked on, the stadium pitch is also being worked on, and so are the seats and the various training pitches that will be used.

“As far as we are concerned we are going on with our own preparations, and then come November we can host the rest of the continent” he said in an interview with Citi FM.

Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Algeria, South Africa, Zambia, Mali and Nigeria have already qualified for the 8-team tournament and will be joined by the host.