Deputy Minister for Transport, Nii Kwartei Titus Glove has thrown his weight of support behind coach Kwesi Appiah after failing to win the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

Appiah has been under intense criticism after guiding the team to its worst performance at the continental showpiece since 2006.

The Black Stars exited the tournament at the round of 16 stage after losing 5-4 on penalties to Tunisia.

A section of the public has blamed the team’s poor showing on Appiah and have subsequently called for his sack.

But the MP for Tema East believes doing away with the coach will take the national team many steps backwards.

He said in an interview “We must believe in ourselves as Ghanaians. It is a good philosophy that has the tendency of making us aching a lot as a people.
” I don’t know coach Kwesi Appiah personally but I have noticed that he is a reversed and a calm person but he is a competent coach.”

He buttressed his point using four of the coaches (Ghanaians) that won the nation AFCON trophies in previous tournaments, hence the need to have confidence in the coach despite his flaws and mistakes. “The four AFCON trophies were all won by Ghanaian coaches so it means Kwesi is capable of doing it again for Ghana.

“Since the exiting of Nyantakyi, our local league has been in shambles. If we sack Appiah, which local coach can take up this job? To me, nobody comes close.
“He is more capable than the rest. Currently in Ghana Appiah is better than any local coach so he should be maintained.”

He added “What Appiah needs is our support rather than criticizing. we should give him time and chance because he can do the job.”