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Over 10 Million Ghana Cedis realized from
contributions to World Cup
Accra, Feb 27, Ghanadot/GNA – Over 10
million Ghana cedis was realized as contributions from
individuals, organizations and institutions before, during
and after the participation of the Black Stars of Ghana at
the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
The suspicions and myth surrounding the financial details
regarding Ghana’s first ever appearance at the showpiece
event in global football was finally broken on Wednesday,
during the Twenty-Second sitting of the first meeting of
Parliament in Accra.
Professor Dominic Fobih, Minister of Education, Science and
Sports (MoESS) said in response to a question posed by Mr
Haruna Iddrisu, Member of Parliament for Tamale South as to
how much money was received and disbursed for the
participation of the Black Starsat the 2006 World cup in
Germany.
The Minister said a total of 10,514,802.41 Ghana Cedis
consisting of contributions from six sources including FIFA
– 5,403,041.87 Ghana Cedis, Gold Fields Ghana Limited –
456,820 Ghana Cedis, Government – 3,522,043.20 Ghana Cedis,
Appearance fee from international friendly matches – 241,150
Ghana Cedis, external sponsors – 100,100 Ghana Cedis and
local sponsors – 791,647.34 Ghana Cedis was realised
Prof. Fobih explained that FIFA’s contributions is made up
of the prize money of 4,549,807.99 Ghana Cedis (equivalent
to 4.9 million dollars) with the remainder being the initial
853,234.20 Ghana Cedis (937,620 dollars) for qualification
to the World Cup.
He said that a refund of 2,275,000 Ghana Cedis (2.5 million
dollars) of the prize money was transferred to the Ministry
as part of the monies advanced by Government to the team.
Professor Fobih further said the Ghana Football Association
(GFA) has spent 6,722,465.93 Ghana Cedis on the various
national football teams and developmental projects towards
the development of the sport.
He said this is inclusive of all expenses incurred during
the team’s campaign at the World Cup – appearance fee
(2,143,600 Ghana Cedis), bonuses (1,217,158.95 Ghana Cedis),
per diem allowance (339,488.98), scouting (36,255.36 Ghana
Cedis), Medicals (33,680.65 Ghana Cedis) among others.
From the deductions, the GFA allocated 538,720 Ghana Cedis
to the National Olympic team, Black Meteors for their All
Africa Games and unsuccessful Beijing 2008 campaigns; Black
Satellites – 40,827.15 Ghana Cedis, Black Starlets –
384,641.93 Ghana Cedis, Black Princeses – 18,320.12 Ghana
Cedis and Black Damsels – 1,683.50.
The GFA also spent 123,222.19 Ghana Cedis on accommodation
and allowances for Black Stars head coach, Claude Le Roy and
his assistants.
Also included in the ministers report are developmental
projects such as the acquisition of vehicles for all
regional associations, renovations at the Ghanaman Soccer
Centre of Excellence at Prampram, Two Nissan Patrols and two
sets of generators all acquired by the GFA.
Meanwhile, Prof. Fobih said an amount of 1,517,336.48 Ghana
Cedis (1,667,402.73 dollars), which is the balance of money
unutilized is currently lodged at the GFA’s account.
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