Ghana President John Dramani Mahama has charged the Ghana FA to treat other national football teams under its management with the same attention handed to the Black Stars and focus on improving the quality of the Premier League.

Asides the recent Under-20 World Cup winning feat chalked by the Black Satellites in 2009, no other junior national team including female sides have managed to impress in international competitions, leading to the Kwesi Nyantakyi led Ghana FA being tagged as a “Black Stars FA”.

The Black Stars managed to rise from the disappointment of their Brazil 2014 World Cup campaign, which was hit by player indiscipline and fights over appearance fees, to claim a silver medal winning feat at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

President Mahama believes other national teams including the Black Starlets, the Black Satellites, the Black Meteors, the Black Maidens, the Black Princesses and the Black Queens could win laurels for the nation if given the same attention handed to the Black Stars.

“Let me urge me urge the Ghana Football Association to put a lot more focus on the other national teams, just like it does to the senior national teams in order to adequately prepare them for international competitions as well,” President Mahama stated during the State of the Nation’s Address in Parliament on Thursday.

Over the last six years, the Ghana Premier League has been hit by the unfortunate situation of low patronage and low attendance recorded at match venues, with the lack of interest in the domestic top flight often blamed on the mass exodus of top players to foreign leagues due to poor salaries paid to these footballers.

“Also the seeming total neglect of our local football league is a matter of concern to football loving fans. I wish to urge the Football Association to turn its attention to improving the quality of our local league and work towards making it attractive, exciting and worth following,” he insisted.