Herbert Addo has named an 18-man squad for this month's West Africa Football Union Nations Cup which will be hosted by Nigeria.

Trio-Bright Addae, Karim Alhassan and Mahatma Otoo have been released to join the Black Satellites for the Cape Town Invitational Tournament.

The local Black Stars are seeking to improve after a bog-standard performance earned them qualification to next year's CHAN finals.

Ghana also drew Togo and Liberia in Group B of the tournament which begins on Friday 9 April.

Hosts Nigeria will face Benin in the opening match in Group A alongside Guinea and Senegal.

Players participating in the local leagues are eligible to participate and matches will be held in Abeokuta and Ijebu-Ode in Nigeria’s Ogun State.

The competition ends on Sunday, April 18.

Ghana squad: Goalkeepers: Stephen Adams - Aduana Stars, Stephen Ahorlu – Heart of Lions

Defenders: Godfred Saka - Aduana Stars, Latif Mohammed - Olympics, Lee Addy - Chelsea, David Ashong - AshantiGold, Sabato Mohammed - Wa All Stars, Daniel Addo - King Faisal, Edward Kpodo-Tema Youth

Midfielders: Jordan Opoku, Asante Kotoko, Malik Akowuah - Olympics, Edmund Owusu-Ansah - Heart of Lions, Joseph Ato-Bissah – Hasaacas, Abdul Bashiru – Eleven Wise, Daniel Acquaye- Heart of Lions)

Strikers: Abdul Aziz-Real Tamale United, Obed Owusu - Chelsea, Bismark Idan - Kessben.