Why Black Stars coach Kim Lars hasn't been paid for 13 months – GFA explains

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  • Holy Sinner 23 hours ago

    KOFI ADAMS and OKRAKU, both have no CLUE, ah Mahama paa,of late I don't understand am.What is the difficulty in getting a these square Pegs out of the way.

  • D..r....m..u..m..b..!....s..e..r..a..k..!.. 20 hours ago

    Hello youth of Ghana.... ...You can take your own.life.with.medicine. ...For instance.15.tramadol at.once....Or.combine.medicine.and.akpeteshie.or.weedicide...

  • James KW 14 hours ago

    Due to FIFA non interference rules, there is little Mahama can do, there has to be restructuring of football in Ghana. No money for coaches yet they paid each other $100,000 bonuses after the World Cup in Korea. Time for Kur ...
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  • sotrue 8 hours ago

    this man is the most stupid football administrator in the world and we are still keeping him there ?

  • Holy Sinner 23 hours ago

    KOFI ADAMS and OKRAKU, both have no CLUE, ah Mahama paa,of late I don't understand am.What is the difficulty in getting a these square Pegs out of the way.

  • kokodi 23 hours ago

    How many months have Okraku & co not been paid?
    Does the GFA owe them?

  • Bernado 22 hours ago

    Good question, Kokodi! There's fund to pay Kurt Okraku and his cronies but none to pay the coaches and supporting staff. Two legs good, four legs bad!

  • Kofi Akwetey 19 hours ago

    I believe Kurt and other GFA executives are paid from FIFA and CAF funds. The national teams belong to the state, not GFA. The coaches are, therefore, the responsibility of Government, that is the Ministry of Sports and the N ...
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  • D'AGOSTINHO 19 hours ago

    Exactly what I have in mind. So why does he want to continue as GFA boss? He is so incompetent! Will he be happy to work for 13 months without being paid?

  • 2hat! 22 hours ago

    What's Kurt using all the Fifa money for? Doesn't he get paid every month? And yet same crooks and corrupted people call themselves christians. I weep for this country, really!

  • Koa 22 hours ago

    So how do they survive with their families. I also want to know if Kofi Adams and Akraku have also not been paid in last twelve months. These two people must be sacked if Mahama is serious. What sort of country is Ghana at al ...
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  • Martin A 22 hours ago

    No wonder Trump of all people called Africa shithole. Why hire someone if you can't pay them for the job they were hired to do. In civilized countries, positions are budgeted for, that means money is available to pay for sal ...
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  • Awaay 21 hours ago

    But you flew entourages to the World Cup. Our level of joke is unbelievable.

  • ANKORA WASH DC 21 hours ago

    It is very difficult to understand Hon. Kofi Adams and Okraku. Adams, Okraku and a bunch of guys calling themselves football people attended the World Cup alone and received about $50,0000 each as allowances. The same people ...
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  • Clanlord 20 hours ago

    Another soul who is refusing to accept his failures . Kurt do you take salary ,wages or allowances? .Those aforementioned coaches, how do they survive?

  • Are you paid Okraku ? 20 hours ago

    Certainly yes. You use the funds for your own business
    and tell us stories. At the end you will pay him and pay court fees as well. Sit up criminals at GFA

  • Unfathomable Disgrace! 20 hours ago

    It's laughable! How would you expect progress in the football management sphere if coaches are unpaid? How would you create all these soccer youth categories without making provision for coaches' payment. Fathom programs wait ...
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  • See them 17 hours ago

    He and his cronies created the many youth teams as a vehicle to sell their young players, nothing more. Their expectation is that the state would fund the teams for them to profit off of it. That’s part of their business pl ...
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  • Esa 20 hours ago

    Ahhh is this reportage accurate? Is that what the GFA boss is saying? Seriously? Is he on drugs? So how is he managing the GFA? He needs to be shot in the butt's.

  • K O Nashe 20 hours ago

    Because Okraku Adams and rest all corrupt “ how do you Ghanaians think they are all corrupt can never turn Black Stars around they inn for money not the benefit of Ghanaians. I have been saying this for long time can never ...
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  • Nana Eric 20 hours ago

    And the FA and sports ministry are looking for new coach?how are they going to him ??

  • Kwadjo Gyasi 20 hours ago

    Coaches don't get paid but purse holders getting

  • Mba Geem Bii at Sakote Baadaboug 20 hours ago

    Crimes against employee by wicket employer.No wonder,hungry workers produce hungry results all this while.

  • NKTT 19 hours ago

    I think it's time for team to boycott the remaining marches period

  • Osei Bonsu 19 hours ago

    Kurt is a disgrace. Where did all the donations from coperate bodies totaling about 15million dollars go to?.

  • Dzibordi 17 hours ago

    Good question

  • Awaay 19 hours ago

    Government should detach itself from soccer. That’s all. We have better priorities to think about.

  • Shithole 19 hours ago

    And you called yourself a manager...what are you managing...sit and sign cheques for salary self..you couldn't do ..is he being own 13 months...tooofeee

  • ODS-USA 19 hours ago

    So what is his business sitting there as GFA president? And with this abysmal performance he wants third term? Jesus Christ, What’s wrong with this man? Clueless bunch of sports administrators

  • D White 18 hours ago

    Kurt you were a heart's fan managed to find a way to Gfal,then ditched them and bought a team bought Dawu stadium and still chopping our money with the so called soccer people.Don't forget there's an end to everything. Accoun ...
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  • Dzibordi 18 hours ago

    Kwasia Buulu,
    What happened to the money the Black Stars received from the World Cup? You said Ghana football is for you and your 'football people ' so why do you always want to depend on the tax payer for the National Teams ...
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  • See them 17 hours ago

    How much did we make as a country even from friendly matches? How much have you wasted on poor coaching hiring decisions and how much did it cost to pay them off. How much are you going to pay Otto for terminating his 5yr con ...
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  • BLACK MOSES ( USA ) 16 hours ago

    WHERE IS THE MONEY WE HAD FROM FIFA BY PARTICIPATING IN THE 2026 WORLD CUP.? KURT OKRAKU WOULD GO TWO MONTHS WITHOUT BEING PAID.? WHAT RUBBISH IS THIS. IF THE COACH SAY SOMETHING RIGHT NOW YOU SAME STUPID GFA WILL KICK THE CO ...
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  • Prayer 16 hours ago

    Yet,Kurt and the rest of the mafioso at GFA are part of the BS management committee who take huge allowances in dollars,when BS has a game to play or when there are tournaments! They claim they are autonomous of the governmen ...
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  • Truth 15 hours ago

    What Okraku just said warrants his removal as the Chairman of the GFA. It shows that he is very incompetent at the highest level. He cannot even generate funds to settle his coaches, and you want their teams to shine, how?. Y ...
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  • PITO 14 hours ago

    So BASICALLY this is an admission of failure. Has Kurt himself being paid for this past 13 months? Why do we still have him at the helm?

  • Emmanuel osew 14 hours ago

    You own them, and you have not pay them, did the gorvement own you your sararies too, that why our national teams are not performing

  • Kay 6 hours ago

    Where are the monies from fifa from club matches fifa tournaments are they not making enough. Please we will get more money after Kurt Haa left gfa

  • New Yorker 5 hours ago

    Kurt do you get paid at the end of the month?

  • NKTT 5 hours ago

    And still want to be coach, Ei Ghana

  • Nii 1 hour ago

    We must duff hats for this philanthropist of a coach who has left his family to come and work for Ghana for 13 months without pay and take on additional responsibilities. Please let's tread cautiously before we are taken to f ...
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