Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif has expressed disappointment with Ghana's national amputee soccer team, the Black Challenge, for not paying a courtesy call on the Ministry of Youth and Sports after their African triumph last month.

The team, which recently won the 2024 Amputee Africa Cup of Nations (AAFCON) in Egypt, visited several personalities including former President John Mahama who is the flagbearer for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) before finally visiting the Ministry.

Minister Ussif stated, "That cannot be tolerated," emphasizing the need for national teams to prioritize official visits to government institutions after such victories.

He pointed out that the team's actions were different from the previous year when they visited the Ministry directly. This year, however, they chose to visit other personalities, including former president John Dramani Mahama, who donated $10,000 to the team.

During the team's visit to the Sports Ministry to present the trophy, Minister Ussif expressed his displeasure, stating, "This year you started going from one place to another place to another place without even rendering records to government who sponsored you and that cannot be tolerated."

He reminded the team that as a national team, they represent the state, and their actions should reflect this. He also charged the President of the National Paralympic Committee to account for every donation received by the team.

"We will communicate after you have presented all the statements [and] all that you have received to my office," Minister Ussif said.