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"I believe this will be their fifth appearance at the World Cup, you know we haven’t made it past the group stages before. This time around I will be happy to see them get past the group stages. No Ghanaian team apart from the Black Maidens have been able to qualify past the first round but I want the Princesses to show what they are made of this time around. They had a good qualifying campaign and I hope they transfer that performance to the World Cup."

"Go Black Queens, yes."

"I will like to begin by applauding all the female footballers of Ghana, not just the Black Queens but all of them who produced the pipeline of women who will eventually go on to become Black Queens and those who have gone before them who have set an example and demonstrated to them that women is football is possible and younger women can aspire to participate in football."

"I wish the male and female national teams every success in their international tournaments as they set example for the rest of our teams. I thank God for what has been an opportunity not only to contribute to football but to learn even more about Ghana. It is these new insights and lessons that I will treasure most into the future."

"I believe that with the Black Queens going forward they have the full support of us as the nation (Ghana)."

"I have promised to give the team a sum of $10,000 should they make it to the semi-finals. I have high hopes they will make it to the finals but this is to further motivate them as we support them. I urge all Ghanaians to support the team."

"I think that when the team has a match, they will need as many fans as possible at the stadium to cheer them on. That has to happen for everything to work out well for the Queens. When the players see the fans, they will give all they have and perform well on the pitch."

"For the first time we are hosting the tournament in Ghana and our prayer is that our ladies will be able to win it. Normally when you go for tournaments, it is always important to start on a winning note, so my advise to the team is that they start the tournament well by winning and playing well. Fortunately for us, we are playing here in Ghana, so we will have the fans backing us. We can only make them proud by winning our first game.""

"It’s worrying the Black Queens has been evicted from the 2022 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations tournament. After defeat to Nigeria in the first leg, we should have overturned the scoreline but unfortunately, it didn’t happen."

"I am saddened by the Black Queens defeat. The defeat was here because I noticed that the players didn’t play their hearts out for the nation. Most of the players are inexperienced so clearly you could see that they are not matured enough to play for the Queens."

"Our national team is Ghana Black Queens. I consider it a great achievement in my career. It is an honor to represent the national colors."