President of the Ghana Football Association has denied suggestions that management committee members of the Black Stars received $82,500 as appearance fees just like the players.
Appearing on his second day before the Presidential Commission looking into Ghana's early exit at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, Kwesi Nyantakyi explained that the honorarium for management is shared by all people the emergency committee deems to have played a part in the success of the team.
Nyantakyi clarified to the Commission that the money given to management is different from the appearance fees given to players and technical team.
“The management does not include everyone working at the secretariat but those who have played direct roles in the success of the team. The honorarium cuts across all the national teams from Black Stars to the Under 17 both male and female, and it is the same practice. The reference to the number seven (7) is just a coefficient used to multiply the money. People who are management are not limited to the management committee and that is why the budget says management," the GFA President told the Commission on Wednesday in Accra.
“This has been the practice, indeed in 2010 we were called to EOCO to answer the same questions and it is from there that the current operational arrangements came up. Before 2010 only the secretary signed for it but when we went to EOCO they raised issues about why there was no authority from the Executive Committee and that is why I now had to authorize the payment.”
He corroborated what former Minister of Sports, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, who was in charge of the drafting of the Budget told the Commission that the monies given to the management was a lump sum which was shared by over 20 people as the practice has been since 2006.
“When we go to a tournament, we don't go with a management committee. Mr. Fred Crentsil was there but he wasn't a member of the management committee, he was there as the vice president of the GFA. The state knew that the money was not only for the management committee. In 2010 and 2006, I wasn't part of Management Committee but I was head of delegation.”
The GFA President gave the Commission a background into the adoption of the management honorariums.
“In 2006 the FA made a representation to government. That government review the various categories of performers with the view of reviewing the compensation process because we thought that Management also played a role and brought to bear certain competencies that enhanced the team and also helped the team succeed. This argument found favor with the then government. It found expression in the various approvals communicated to the ministry of finance
When players take appearance fees, is called management honorarium. The understanding is that if it is called bonus, then it would be thought they are taking part of the game. All payments made to management is called management honorarium in recognition of the services rendered. This does not refer to the Management Committee but the whole management team which includes the committee, the secretariat and any other person who is deemed to have played a role,” he said.
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