Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has commended Ghana’s 4×100 Metres Relay team for emerging fifth in the finals of the World Athletics Championships.

The team also broke its own national record.

Delivering the mid-year budget review statement in Parliament on Monday, 25 July 2022 Mr Ofori-Atta said: “Mr Speaker, Government wishes to congratulate the Ghana Men’s 4×100 Metres Relay quartet for their outstanding performance in taking the fifth position in the final at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon last Saturday.

“They did so by setting a new national record of 38.07 seconds. To Sean Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Oduro Manu and Joseph Paul Amoah, a grateful country says ayekoo!”

The quartet Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Oduro Manu, Sean Safo-Antwi and Joseph Paul Amoah, in the finals of the men’s 4×100 relay set a national record of 38.07 seconds.

This shatters the 38.08 seconds record set by the same team at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021.

The team will also take part in the upcoming Commonwealth Games from Thursday, 28 July to Monday, 28 August 2022.