The Black Stars seem to have maxed
out of patience waiting for the
government to pay their appearance
fee and bonuses. There is a charted
plane heading to Brazil for money
delivery. CitiFm reports the
following;
The Deputy Sports Minister, Joseph
Yamin has revealed government has
airlifted $3million cash to pay the
appearance fee for the Black Stars in
the ongoing World Cup Tournament in
Brazil.
He confirmed that the Black Stars will
by Wednesday, June 25, receive the
money due them.
Mr. Yamin clarified that the money
delayed due to a disagreement over
the mode of payment and securing
landing right for the chartered plane
carrying the money to the senior
national team.
Reports on Tuesday from Brazil
indicated that the Black Stars were
agitating over government’s delay in
paying the money due them.
This led to a holding up of the senior
national team’s departure for Brasilia
where they are scheduled to play
their final group match against
Portugal on Thursday.
Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr.
Yamin explained that the Ministry
wanted to use an e-banking
transaction but the players insisted
they wanted physical cash payments.
The insistence by the players he said,
forced the Ministry to “come back
and mobilize the physical cash to be
sent to them. Saturday morning, the
money was mobilized but a chartered
flight to take the money to Brazil is
what has delayed the money up until
now.”
He admitted that sending such a
large amount of money on a chartered
flight to Brazil is unwise but “it has
been the trend all this while.”
The Deputy Minister maintained that
the Ministry was determined to
change the status quo to do away
with physical cash payments “but the
players are still insisting that they
wouldn’t take anything but physical
cash.”
According to him, it is imperative for
the relevant stakeholders in the
sports industry to address this matter
to prevent future problems.
Mr. Yamin noted that the Black Stars
entrenched position on the issue
posed a great deal of challenge to
government because “government
had to contend with getting permits,
getting the reliable flight to be able
to send this money across, national
security vans would have to be
policing this money to the airport…”
He added that the Ministry had no
other option than to give in to the
pressures from the senior national
team because government will be
blamed if the team does not perform
at the tournament.
“The same media will be out there
saying that the boys did not perform
because their demands were not
adhered to,” he said.
The Deputy Minister advised the
media to desist from blaming
government in such matters because
it was only seeking the best interest
of the players.
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