By Patrick Akoto
Ghana sports minister Akua Sena Dansua is under intense pressure to quit her post after lying to players of the Black Satellies that their outstanding bonuses have been paid.
Calls for the Member of Parliament for North Dayi to be sacked have been ringing out on the airwaves for as a result of unfulfilled promises of paying winning bonuses for most of the Ghana national football teams.
Dansua is facing the rap of experts and football fans and has become unpopular with bonuses for Ghana’s World Cup squad, national Under-20 team and the Black Queens.
Players of the Black Stars have privately expressed their 'utter disgust' after the minister promised them that their World Cup bonuses is is now outstanding for FOUR MONTHS would be paid after the game against Sudan early this months.
This comes even though government has taken custody of the US$11m paid by Fifa to the country as the Black Stars participation fee at the tournament in South Africa.
Dansua worsened her case when she told a jubilant Black Satellites team their monies had already been paid and her lies caught up with her as she was recorded.
"Your monies are ready. Even if you want it now you can have it," Dansua said as the Black Satellites cheered after the weekend's game  against Benin.
Days after, it has emerged that she either lied to Ghanaians or she as caught up in the celebration frenzy as the bonuses are still unpaid.
Fans have expressed their disgust over her lies and brazen arrogance over the issue especially after she used foul language on analysts Mike Bonsu over the issue on Radio Gold.
Several callers to radio stations have asked president John Atta Mills to intervene in the matter to resolve the bonus crisis and also called for the sacking of Dansua.
The Black Stars are yet to receive their full bonuses four months after the completion of the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South and many have attributed the team’s 2012 Nations Cup stalemate against Sudan to the delay in payment.
There are fears it could spark player revolt if the monies are not paid before the next qualifier in March next year.
Also, the national women team have not been paid their outstanding bonuses from the qualifiers few days to the start of the African Championship in South Africa.
The development is threatening to undermine the progress made in football in Ghana as in the early 1990s players were reluctant to turn for matches because of lies perpetrated by government officials.
Things improved in the mid 200s which accounted for Ghana's back-to-back qualification to the World Cup but the recent dishonesty from the sports minister is threatening the very fabric of the only thing that unites the country.