Former Ghana FA boss backs CK Akonnor to sue the Youth and Sports Ministry over his unpaid arrears
Ex-Chairman of the Ghana Football Association, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has urged Charles Kwabla Akonnor, ex-Black Stars coach to take legal action against the Ministry of Youth and Sports over his unpaid arrears.
CK Akonnor, who took over in 2020 as Black Stars coach left office in September 2021 is still owed a total of $275,000 two years after leaving his position.
He was sacked alongside his two assistants after which current coach Milovan Rajevac took over prior to the World Cup qualifying game against South Africa.
While speaking in an interview with Graphic Sports, the Accra Hearts of Oak board member expressed his disappointment with the treatment Akonnor received during his tenure as coach and urged the former Ghana international to take legal action to ensure he receives the payment he is owed.
”He should take them to court if they are refusing to pay him. This is a straightforward matter; the person has worked for you, and you are not paying him. He should take them to court,’’ Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe stated.
The outspoken football administrator also also criticized the unfair treatment Akonnor endured during his time as head coach, such as the denial of privileges that should have been granted to him.
”You are supposed to be the coach of the Black Stars and you have certain privileges; the bungalow that was supposed to be given to you was given to a white man, your official car was also given to a white man, and you are not being paid and you are quiet?” he questioned.
I was even thinking when he was denied a place to stay, he would have resigned. A job that you are supposed to have qualified for; there were others who were competing with you but you got it ahead of them so it means you qualified, so I don’t understand why he should allow himself to be treated this way,” he stated.
Akonnor is owed seven months’ salary, amounting to an estimated $175,000, along with the remaining four months of $100,000 which was supposed to serve as a severance package.
David Duncan, who served as Akonnor’s assistant, had a monthly salary of $10,000, which is now in arrears for four months, in addition to other benefits.
CK Akonnor replaced Kwesi Appiah following the country’s unimpressive performance during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt.