The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry for Sports and Recreation, has settled all outstanding salary arrears owed to current and former Black Stars coaches, resolving a financial obligation pending since 2020.
The settlement followed a comprehensive audit and coordination effort led by Minister for Sports and Recreation, Kofi Iddie Adams, ensuring full payment to coaches, including those no longer in their roles.
Former head coach CK Akonnor, who served from January 2020 to September 2021, received $120,000 in back pay, making him the largest beneficiary.
His assistant, David Duncan, was paid $40,000. Chris Hughton, sacked after Ghana’s disappointing performance at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire (played in January 2024), received $68,904 for owed salaries and sign-on fees. His assistants, George Boateng and Mas-Ud Didi Dramani, were paid $20,833 and $12,500, respectively, for outstanding sign-on fees.
The current coaching staff, led by Otto Addo since March 2024, had not received salaries since October 2024. They have now been paid for six months (up to March 2025), with Addo, in his second stint as head coach, receiving over $420,000.
His backroom staff, including assistants Joseph Laumann ($75,000), John Paintsil ($64,864), goalkeepers’ trainer Fatau Dauda ($19,459), and Team Coordinator Francis Bugri Tampuli ($33,000), were also paid for the same period. However, the current staff are still owed salaries for April and May 2025.
Maxwell Konadu, assistant to Milovan Rajevac from September 2021 to January 2022, received $30,000 in arrears.
Although the Ghana Football Association (GFA) contracts the coaches, the government bears the responsibility for their remuneration, which had previously been unfulfilled in several cases.
