The Confederation of African Football (CAF) initially rejected the Baba Yara Stadium for Ghana's 2022 World Cup playoffs first leg match against Nigeria, on March 25, this year.
CAF in a statement released on Wednesday, February 02, 2022, stated that the Baba Yara Stadium was not among the venues submitted by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for the playoff encounter.
In December last year, GFA informed CAF that Cape Coast Stadium was the venue selected for the first leg playoff round between the Black Stars and the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
The National Sports Authority (NSA) in a letter to the GFA had ruled out the use of the Cape Coast Stadium for the first leg playoff since it would be unavailable by the time of the game.
However, the NSA has approved the venue for the game.
The first leg will take place at the Cape Coast Stadium on March 25 whereas the second leg takes place at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on March 29.
The winner of the tie will represent the continent at the World football showpiece which is scheduled to take place from November 21 to December 18, 2022, in Qatar.