Government doles out a 750,000 dollar package to Satellites
By GNA - Ghana News Agency Satellites | Thu, 05 Nov 2009
PRESIDENT MILLS PRESENTING THE CAR KEYS OF TOYOTA COROLLA TO DANIEL ADDO, ACTING CAPTAIN OF THE BLACK SATELLLITES.
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Accra, Nov. 5, GNA - Government has begun disbursing a 750,000 dollar package to
Ghana's Under-20 soccer team, the Black Satellites and its management team for their brilliant
victory at the FIFA U-20 World Cup soccer tournament in Egypt last month.
President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday as a first step to fulfilling the package
presented 30 Toyota saloon cars to the team at a short ceremony at the Osu Castle in Accra.
Two of the 30 cars with a capacity of 1.8 litre would go to the head coach, Sellas Tetteh
and Chairman of the Management of the team. The remaining 28 of the cars with capacity of
1.6 litre would go to the players.
As part of the package Government has secured a Life Policy and bond, which at 10 years
maturity would fetch each player GHC 170,000.
Each member of the management team would also receive cash amount of 5000 dollars.
President Mills in making the presentation said he was aware of heavy criticism against him
and government from a section of Ghanaians for not instantly announcing a package when the
Satellites presented the trophy to him at the Castle on their return from Egypt.
He said, however, with his past experience as Chairman of the National Sports Council
and Chairman of the Black Stars Management Team, he decided to give a lasting award that
would represent a new way forward in the right direction for the Satellites.
A seven-member committee was formed, headed by Mr Oko Nikoi Djanie, a sports
enthusiast and head of the National Hockey Association, was consequently formed with Prof.
Francis Doudo, Head of the Ghana Olympics Committee and Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, President
of the Ghana Football Association as some of the members, and charged them to collect
donations from private people and other corporate bodies and other institutions and come
out with modalities for disbursement.
President Mills said members of the Committee were not paid any allowances and
therefore thanked them for taking their work seriously and coming out with recommendations
that would be long lasting and "in the end bring honour to the Black Stars."
The President explained that the move to form the Committee was also to ensure
accountability, adding that Government would never interfere in the management of sports Continued
Source: GNA - Ghana News Agency
Ghana's Under-20 soccer team, the Black Satellites and its management team for their brilliant
victory at the FIFA U-20 World Cup soccer tournament in Egypt last month.
President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday as a first step to fulfilling the package
presented 30 Toyota saloon cars to the team at a short ceremony at the Osu Castle in Accra.
Two of the 30 cars with a capacity of 1.8 litre would go to the head coach, Sellas Tetteh
and Chairman of the Management of the team. The remaining 28 of the cars with capacity of
1.6 litre would go to the players.
As part of the package Government has secured a Life Policy and bond, which at 10 years
maturity would fetch each player GHC 170,000.
Each member of the management team would also receive cash amount of 5000 dollars.
President Mills in making the presentation said he was aware of heavy criticism against him
and government from a section of Ghanaians for not instantly announcing a package when the
Satellites presented the trophy to him at the Castle on their return from Egypt.
He said, however, with his past experience as Chairman of the National Sports Council
and Chairman of the Black Stars Management Team, he decided to give a lasting award that
would represent a new way forward in the right direction for the Satellites.
A seven-member committee was formed, headed by Mr Oko Nikoi Djanie, a sports
enthusiast and head of the National Hockey Association, was consequently formed with Prof.
Francis Doudo, Head of the Ghana Olympics Committee and Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, President
of the Ghana Football Association as some of the members, and charged them to collect
donations from private people and other corporate bodies and other institutions and come
out with modalities for disbursement.
President Mills said members of the Committee were not paid any allowances and
therefore thanked them for taking their work seriously and coming out with recommendations
that would be long lasting and "in the end bring honour to the Black Stars."
The President explained that the move to form the Committee was also to ensure
accountability, adding that Government would never interfere in the management of sports Continued
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