Executive Committee members of the Ghana Football Association receive 400 Ghana cedis (US$ 260) each as sitting allowance, spokesperson Randy Abbey has confirmed.<\/p>\n
Last week\u2019s intense battle for seats onto the 22-man body during election also fueled suggestions that there were lucrative financial benefits for its members.<\/p>\n
Critics say members of the executive committee have been accused of pocketing large sums of cash and used it as a money making venture.<\/p>\n
\u201cExecutive Committee members receive GH 400 in sitting allowance when we meet,\u201d Abbey told TV3\u2019s weekly football celebrity program, The Diva Show.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople think we receive hefty amounts of money at the GFA but that is totally not the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am however happy with the image of the FA in the eyes of the public because it wasn\u2019t so in some few years past.\u201d<\/p>\n
Abbey, who retained his seat on the executive committee in a fiercely contested election, claims he never received a penny for acting as FA spokesperson.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have not received a penny for the past five years for my work as the media officer for the FA,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Executive Committee members of the Ghana Football Association receive 400 Ghana cedis (US$ 260) each as sitting allowance, spokesperson Randy Abbey has confirmed. Last week\u2019s intense battle for seats onto the 22-man body during election also fueled suggestions that there were lucrative financial benefits for its members. Critics say members of the executive committee have been accused of pocketing large sums of cash and used it as a money making venture. \u201cExecutive Committee members receive GH 400 in sitting allowance when we meet,\u201d Abbey told TV3\u2019s weekly football celebrity program, The Diva Show. \u201cPeople think we receive hefty amounts of money at the GFA but that is totally not the case. \u201cI am however happy with the image of the FA in the eyes of the public because it wasn\u2019t so in some few years past.\u201d Abbey, who retained his seat on the executive committee in a fiercely contested election, claims he never received a penny for acting as FA spokesperson. \u201cI have not received a penny for the past five years for my work as the media officer for the FA,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
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