Kwesi Appiah crys over unpaid wages and bonuses; threatens to take GFA to FIFA
The former head coach of the Black Stars James Kwesi Appiah has in full regalia registered his disappointment about the posturing of the Kurt Okraku led administration.
The former coach Kwesi Appiah says he will resort to legal means, when push comes to shove in order to retrieve unpaid wages and bonuses owed him from the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
The 59-year-old’s mandate came to an end in December 2019, after the Kurt Okraku led regime, who took over the reins of football administration from the FIFA/CAF Normalization Committee headed by Kofi Amoah decided against renewing his contract.
In a startling revelation on Accra based Starr FM, the former coach shared some rather bitter experiences he has had to harbor in the last few months.
“I decided to keep quiet on my salary issues all this while but I think if you are working with someone and you are no more, the best way is to give the person whatever he deserves and there will be peace,”
He added that in these difficult times, where the country, as well as the whole world, battles the global pandemic, how do the officials expect him to father his household?
“The question is ‘how do I feed my family? Meanwhile, I quite remember when they [GFA] took over [last October], [Normalisation Committee head] Dr. Kofi Amoah gave them $1,000,000 [€924,573.3] and I even understand there is also some $500,000 [462,286.6] from Fifa or whatever.
“The bottom line is you should look at the essential ones and try and sort it out. But it looks like they don’t care.
The former captain, however, threatened to resort to legal means in an ambition to recover every dime owed him, owing to the fact that, the new side recently captured his unpaid salaries as part of the infamous legacy debts.
“This is money I have worked for and they are not telling me anything which I feel it doesn’t show a sign of respect. So I have told my lawyers to deal with it.”
Appiah first took charge of the senior national team between 2012 and 2014, his tenure ended by a disappointing showing at the World Cup in Brazil.
He, however, left to manage Al Khartoum in Sudan then headed back to his homeland for a second stint in charge of Ghana in a two year period from 2017 – 2019.
