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Ghana coach Akonnor wants to follow Nigeria model in wooing Nketiah, Lamptey and co.


By Prince Narkortu Teye

Goal.com

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The Black Stars boss reveals their plans to strengthen the team's talent pool

Ghana coach CK Akonnor has revealed admiration for Nigeria's national team player pool enhancement model of actively pursuing footballers of Nigerian roots in the diaspora.

In recent years, the Super Eagles have boosted their squad with the likes of Alex Iwobi, Ola Aina, Semi Ajayi, Maduka Okoye, William Troost-Ekong and Leon Balogun, who all qualified to play for various European nations either through birth place or parentage.

Kingsley Ehizibue, Joe Aribo and Cyriel Dessers are among their latest acquisitions while the likes of Queens Park Rangers playmaker Eberechi Eze, Liverpool attacker Ovie Ejaria and Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka are reportedly being courted.

"The most important thing is those who were born in Europe. Some of them are eager to play for the Black Stars," Akonnor told Starr FM.

“That is what we want to do. Look at Nigeria, I think they have done that in a very nice way.

“They have brought a lot of guys who were born in Europe and the Nigerian team is now transformed so we are trying to do the same with the national team.”

In March, Akonnor, after a European tour, revealed a roster of seven Ghanaian disaporans who have either agreed to switch international allegiance to Ghana or are considering a possible career with the Black Stars.

France-born Strasbourg centre-back Alexander Djiku, Anderlecht's former Netherlands youth defender Derrick Luckassen, France-born Gent midfielder Elisha Owusu and Enock Kwateng of French side Bordeaux, according to Akonnor, have decided to turn up for the Black Stars..”

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Ghanaian DJ Confesses to his countrymen:

''I can't stop playing Nigerian music to be playing Ghana music!!''


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More Ghanaian DJ Confessions!!


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2 OF THE TOP 3 BANKS IN GHANA ARE NIGERIAN:

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The top banks in Ghana are:


GCB Bank Limited

Headquartered in Accra, GCB Bank Limited adopted its current name in 2013, after being formerly known as Ghana Commercial Bank. In 1953, the bank was founded as the Bank of the Gold Coast to serve local traders, businessmen, and farmers. It currently offers a wide range of financial products and services to its customers, which include individuals, small- and medium-sized enterprises, parastatal companies, and large corporations.

As of 2016, the bank employed 1,532 individuals and managed 150 branches and 11 agencies across the countr



Ecobank Ghana (EBG) (Nigerian)

Ecobank Bank is a member of the Ecobank Group, which operates in 36 countries in Africa. EBG was the first of the banks in Ghana to receive a universal bank license from the country’s central bank. It started its operations in 1990 after Ecobank Transnational wholly acquired The Trust Bank.

The bank provides payment and transfers, cards and loans, bancassurance, e-products, microfinance, investment products, and Hajj financial services. It operated 77 branches and employed 1,611 staff as of 2016.



Zenith Bank of Ghana (Nigerian)

Zenith Bank Ghana is a subsidiary of Zenith Bank Plc, a Nigeria-based multinational financial services provider. The bank started its universal banking operation in 2005, offering top-of-the-line banking services to individual and corporations across the country.

Headquartered in Accra, Zenith oversees 34 business locations (branches and agencies), as well as a number of POS terminals and ATMs. It is also one of the banks in Ghana providing mobile banking and real-time internet banking services.