Ghana U17 coach Abdul Karim Zito has named a 20-man squad for the U-17 WAFU Zone B qualifiers holding in Niger between September 2 and 17.
The Black Starlets have been paired with Togo and hosts Niger in Group A, while Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Benin are in Group B.
The winner of the tournament qualifies automatically for the 2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.
Ghana will be without Cheetah FC youngster Emmanuel Bio and Adam Saad of Still Believe FC after the duo failed the mandatory MRI test, while Attram De Visser Academy prodigy Godwin Bentil has been ruled out due to an injury.
The U-17 Cup of Nations will be staged in Tanzania between May 12 and 26.
Full squad:
David Cudjoe
Emmanuel Essiam
Uzah Alhasan
Mohammed Omar
Nathaniel Adjei
Joseph Addo Tetteh
Samson Agyapong
Simon Asamoah Appiah
Tophic Shaibu
Shaibu Yussif Salim
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
Hadi Yahaya
Samed Abdul Karim Mohammed
Ransford Cofie
Abdul Rashid Fuseini
Clinton Quaye
Abdul Samed
Eugene Agyapong Frimpong
Agyenim Boateng
Emmanuel Adade
