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Gov’t Refusal To Pay Unclassified & Indemnity Denied Us Qualifying For 2018 World Cup – Osei Kweku Palmer

World Cup Govt Refusal To Pay Unclassified  Indemnity Denied Us Qualifying For 2018 World Cup – Osei Kweku Palmer
OCT 13, 2017 LISTEN

Management Member of the Ghana Football Association, Winfred Osei Kweku Palmer believes government refusal to pay indemnity and unclassified monies is the reason behind the country’s inability to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Under the auspices of Nii Lante Vanderpuye as the Youth and Sports Minister, he revealed that his government will not pay any indemnity and unclassified money ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

After the former GBC worker disclosed the payment of indemnity and unclassified, the Ghana Football Association were not happy about such mystery being revealed by the minister and this statement made by him created a rocky relationship between him and the GFA.

After the U-20 [Black Satellites] failed to book a place at the African Youth Championship in Zambia after they were knocked out by Senegal at the Cape Coast Stadium, the minister again revealed that management members of the team called on him to do some certain things [to pay indemnity and unclassified] but he refused.

After the Black Stars failed to make it to a four straight world cup appearance after playing Germany, South Africa, and Brazil respectively, Osei Kweku Palmer believes if the ruling government [National Patriotic Party] should have clinched to the decision of the Ghana Football Association to pay an indemnity and unclassified monies, the country could have made the cut to Russia.

“Ghanaians and the former Youth and Sports Minister (Nii Lante Vanderpuye) said we are wasting money so we shouldn't pay unclassified payment to referees but you all saw what the referees did to us.

“If we had paid, the referee would have been fair to us against Uganda and at least give us one goal.

“Now you see the power of unclassified payment". He added.

According to reports, the Ghana FA took $400,000 [17.5 Billion old cedis] as an inducement from the previous government [National Democratic Congress] coffers to pay the referees that officiated Ghana and Egypt clash at the Kumasi Sports Stadium in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

Samuel Ekow Amoasi Appiah
Samuel Ekow Amoasi Appiah

Sports JournalistPage: SamuelEkowAmoasiAppiah

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