The President of the Mauritius Football Association, Sohba Mohammed Ally Samir has indicated that the Ghana Football Association (GFA) pays $10,000 winning bonus to the

The Black Stars made the headlines for the wrong reason, when the playing body boycotted training ahead of their final group game against Portugal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil over delay in the payment of appearance fees.

Ghana pay $10,000 winning bonus to the Black Stars, which is one of the highest in the world. Several Sports Ministers have made attempts to slash it down, but in the end they fail to do so. The current Sports Minister, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye has had series of meetings to negotiate with the Black Stars to make certain considerations concerning the winning bonus due to the economic hardship, the country finds itself at the moment.

Ahead of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying game between Mauritius and Ghana on 4th June, 2016, the FA president of Mauritius has stated that his players are not greedy, since they take the little the FA put on their table after a win, adding that the Black Stars take $10,000, because the GFA has enough money.

“Our players are not greedy players are not greedy players, they don’t take money before playing for us and they don’t play for money as well, rather play with their hearts for the nation and for the supporters.

“People use to donate to the players when they play to their satisfaction and sometimes give them $200 to $500 if they win a match. Black Stars players taking $10, 000 is not surprise because GFA has more money,” Sohba Mohammed Ally Samir told Kumasi based radio station, Otec FM.