Reactions that Minister designate for Sports and Recreation, Kofi Adams is not ‘fit’ for the office seem right. Comments from sports fans and journalists on the news of his appointment portray him as an ‘outsider’ who may not have the expertise, experience, knowledge, etc. to confront the challenges facing Ghana sports.
I share similar views. There is however wisdom in giving the benefit of the doubt. In this instance, it is imperative. He is new and yet to settle at the ministry. It is wise to wait until Kofi Adams is vetted and approved and then he gets down to work before proper assessment. His vetting might give us insights into what to expect.
If we have been disappointed about his appointment, it may be because we expected too much, or our preferred person was not picked. Whatever the case, Kofi Adams has critics to prove wrong. Respectfully, he should know that there are elements in our football who will make his work difficult when he tries to do the right thing.
There is ample historical precedent for this view. If he chooses to please the football elements who have stalled Ghana football's growth in recent years, he will be on the path of others who failed at the job. He will be disappointing many who are convinced that our sports needs firm, visionary leaders who will give it what it deserves.
Kofi Adams has already made statements on Happy FM alluding to unattractiveness of the Ghana Premier League and our sports in general. Will he be the man to change things? First, I will wait for his vetting and approval by Parliament.
Kofi Adams should resolve not pander to the whims and caprices of the Ghana Football Association, unless, perhaps with government culpability, he is also in to lead a ministry that would endorse unconscionable expenditures on Black Stars without accountability as others did. That, as history has shown us, will lead all of us nowhere.
Welcome, Mr. Kofi Adams and congratulations.