Coachà Yusif Basigià is demanding a balance payment of $5000 for leading Ghana to clinch a historic gold in Womenââ¬â¢s soccer at the 2015 All Africa Games.
Basigi was rightly handed $10,000 by officials of the Sports Ministry acting on instructions given by President John Mahama to have the initial $2000 reward for the team topped up to $5000.
National team coaches by practice receive twice the bonuses handed to players â⬓ meaning with $5000 paid to each player of the victorious Black Queens, coach Yusif Basigi is entitled a $10,000 payment.
But officials recovered $5000 from the $10,000 paid to the coach â⬓ claiming it was a mistake to give him the double payment since the Presidentââ¬â¢s order was $5000 en bloc.
The Hasaacas Ladiesââ¬â¢ coach now says the right thing must be done with the payment of the $5000 balance to him.
,ââ¬Ëââ¬â¢Yes it is true that I was given $10, 000 when the payment was ongoing but I was later asked to give $5000 back to the chief accountant without any reasonâ⬠Basigi told à Nhyira FM.
ââ¬ÅThey told me I am the first they beginning this with but I donââ¬â¢t think itââ¬â¢s fair and so I demand the remaining $5000 because this is unheard off.ââ¬
It is unclear at this point whether the Ghana FA will intervene to have the coachââ¬â¢s due paid.
Relations between the GFA and the Sports Ministry has increasingly broken down since the Black Starsââ¬â¢ disastrous campaign at the 2014 World Cup.