Isaac Kwame Asiamah has assured the public that former Black Stars Coach, Kwesi Appiah will be paid. The sector minister for sports was speaking on the matter for the first time at his press briefing on the restrictions relieve to non-contact sports and plans in place for other sporting activities.
Kwesi Appiah is believed to be owed a sum total of USD 185,000 compounding across six months unpaid salaries and a match bonus.
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The former Black Stars coach brought his contract to a close December 2019 and had since sent two reminders to the Ghana Football Association for his unpaid salaries.
The minister responded to the question that his spokesperson and personal assistant, Kofi Asare Brako Abatey has said earlier that Kwesi Appiah was done a favor for letting him stay at post despite not being able to fulfill agreements.
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“Kwesi Appiah has done a lot for mother Ghana, I have huge respect for him. As a minister, we paid him everything for the two years, it was the contract extension that we owe him. We owed Avram Grant, gradually we shall pay him all his entitlement, he’s our own, he’s a gentleman, we all respect him” – Sports Minister on unpaid arrears to Kwesi Appiah.
“Kwasi Appiah has done a lots for Ghana and I have huge respect for him. We [Sports Ministry] through the GFA contacted him, gave him an appointment with our full support.
“In all the assignments he has engaged in, I have been given him my support. We gave him a contract of two years and we don’t owe him even a pesewa but his contract extension that’s what we are owing him and it’s about three months. He has not been disrespected. We gave him the needed respect.
“When I became the Minister, we were owing coach Avram Grant but we solved the issue and paid him off. Gradually, I can assure you that we will pay Kwasi Appiah all his arrears. We love him as a Ghanaian and have nothing against him”, Hon. Asiamah added.
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